Cape Point and penguins

We (myself and my Canadian buddy Amir) headed down to the Cape point, where the Indian ocean meets the Atlantic. It was a beautiful visit, but really the entire drive down the coast through Houts bay and beyond was the highlight. South of Cape town the mountains jut up out of the water and create a spectacular scene of mountain meeting the southern oceans.

   

When we finally got down to the point, everything was fogged in so the view was not as spectacular as it could have been..but what the hell…who else gets to go down here. Then after a little drive further we got to go see the African Penguins. These guys are a crackup to watch, they all waddle around like 2 year olds. The few that we watched swim were amazing and then they quoted some unbelievable statistic that they down to 1500ft or maybe even meters. In either case it was pretty amazing. Like the dodo these guys are close to extinction, they have no natural fear of humans and most of their population decline has been due to habitat encroachment.