Saturday, February 19, 2011

Cape Town

















My family and I arrived in Cape Town on Wednesday, my birthday.  On Friday we climbed Table Mountain via the Platteklip Gorge that you can see bisecting the two peaks above.  The first half of the climb was almost straight up stone steps.  We climbed three miles in three hours.
















Below you can see where we finally reached the top of the mountain.  We very wisely took the cable car down and had a seafood lunch at the V & A waterfront.

















Below is a little dassie, found only on rocky outcrops in Southern Africa.  He was very cute admiring the view for a long time.  He also looked to be incredibly well fed which is common among any rodents living in areas populated by hungry tourists.

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