Far Far from Home

Yesterday we got up early, rented a car, and drove to Cape Point. The car was awesome and tiny and used about 1 drop of gas for the whole day. We got instructions from the guy who worked at the rental car company on how not to get broken into - take the radio with us whenever we leave, leave the glove box open and the trunk cover off so people can see there's nothing in there, etc.

The drive was beautiful. We drove along the west coast of the peninsula and through cute little towns. We stopped at one place to walk along the beach and the water was so cold. It's a gorgeous color blue though. The scenery is quite dramatic with the rugged mountains all around. We stopped at a beach that is famous for it's penguin colony. The penguins settled down there in the 1980s and haven't left yet. Maybe they enjoy the scenery too. They're called jackass penguins for some reason.

Windsurfing is big down here and it's no wonder why. This must be one of the windiest places in the world! We stopped at the Cape of Good Hope to watch them for a while. We struck of a conversation with a group of Danish windsurfers who told us you have to practice for a few years before surfing these waters.

We drove as far south as we could and then hiked up a hill to a lighthouse. It felt like standing in a hurricane out there but it was worth it for the view. Luckily the temperature was very warm so that made the wind more bearable.