Day 100

I've hit Day 100!!!! Can you believe it? And luckily, with this trip...although it's the holidays, I'm not finding too much time in the days to feel too home sick. I am sure Christmas Day will bring me down, but I'll do my best to think about all the good.

Today for instance, was another incredible day! Now, I HATE birds...but for some reason, I LOVE penguins! They make me laugh. They are the cutest little creatures, and they just seem like they have such personality. You're probably thinking, Why on earth is she talking about penguins? Well...let me explain.

We got an early start. Ready by 7:30, and out of the house just after 8:30 I think. That was record timing! We began to drive, and although - before leaving - I had asked if we knew what we were doing...no one really answered. I got a "Yes" from Tim, and that was it. So then Josh said "I think we're going to boulders", which didn't mean much to me. The reason I was asking, was I was in a dress...and if we were going to do any type of mountain climbing or anything I would have changed. Anyway, we're on our way, we're listening to music, and the scenery is lovely. About an hour and a half later, we arrive at our destination..."Penguin beach" aka Boulders. We park, walk up to pay to get in, and right away I see Penguins standing on this huge boulder. The name of the beach was quite fitting. Tim told me not to get too excited, as that was only a preview of what I was about to see. It was this next part though, that had me wishing I'd worn a different outfit. We had to do some climbing, under and over some GIANT boulders. But it was ok, I just made sure everyone I knew was in front of me. As for the people behind me...well, I'll never see them again, so whatever.

We jumped off one giant boulder, and waded through some water to get to the perfect spot where we laid our towels. Heloise stayed there, but I immediately went exploring. There apparently weren't nearly as many penguins as the last time they had been, but I'm thinking with my fear, that was probably a good thing. Every now and then you'd see one waddle by. But then they started coming out in numbers. I couldn't stop taking pictures. They were amazing. Provided no kids were chasing them, they'd get quite close as well. They wouldn't get too close like they were going to peck you, but they'd look at you as if they wanted to have a conversation. There was this one that I got a few pictures of, that the way he's looking at the camera, and was looking at me, you just sort of wanted to cuddle. I think he was protecting some baby ones though, so I didn't get TOO close. The 2 we think were babies were shedding brown feathers. I got pics of them too.

More pictures of penguins, and we began changing into our bathing suits. - This, is where my dress came in handy - I didn't seem to struggle quite as much as the others. I was changed pretty quickly, and without showing anything off. I laid down on a towel next to Heloise and relaxed while the boys played. At one point, after slathering on the sun screen, I went exploring and picture taking with them again, but then I came back to lie down for a bit. A couple of hours passed, and while Josh and Nathaniel made the new stadium, "Green Point" out of sand, I made a penguin.

It had been about 2 and a half hours, we'd each had an apple, and were ready for lunch. We packed up, and headed back through the boulders. I had kept my bathing suit on under my dress, so this time, I didn't have to worry too much about what was showing. We passed a sign telling us to check under the car for penguins before pulling away. I giggled with excitement, as that is certainly not something you see everyday.

We headed out and were told by the guy helping people park, that if we were on our way to Cape Point (which we were), there had been whale sightings about 3 hours earlier at a bay along the way. We looked out our windows as we passed, but considering there were whitecaps, we didn't stop. No one thought we'd be able to see them, and Tim assumed they had moved on by then.

A little bit further, and eventually we arrived at Cape Point. The scenery of course, was gorgeous! So many pictures to take! We drove to where you walk up to the light house to see the Indian and Atlantic Oceans meet. First Tim dropped us off as parking was kind of far away, then we went into the restaurant to order some food. I had the African Star pizza. It was ham, bacon, salami, and BBQ sauce. It was delicious. We ate outside with a view of the water, and some really pretty big black birds with orange tipped wings. As long as they stayed away from me, they were beautiful.

After we ate, we walked up to the tip, where the lighthouse was. It probably took about 20 minutes, and the views along the way were like nothing I'd ever seen. We also saw many signs that said Baboons are Dangerous and attracted by food. But we had yet to see Baboons. We reached the top, and I could have stayed there gazing at the two bodies of water for hours. It was beautiful. Once again, I couldn't stop taking pictures. Josh, Nathaniel, Tim and I, were going to walk around to the other side which was sort of like the side of a cliff. There was a path and everything, but Tim didn't want Zach coming, so Heloise and him started back down the trail. After searching for the correct path, and me pointing out where it was, Tim realized it said an hour and a half's walk, and decided we weren't doing it. Which is fair enough, we couldn't really do that to Zach. It would have been cool though.

We walked back down, and when we got to the bottom, there was a sign I had wanted my picture taken beside. A man took the pic of Josh and I, and my camera died right after. Good timing, I thought. As we walked back to the car, Heloise mentioned that we hadn't seen any Baboons yet. I told her she was right, and we'd better not see any now, as my camera was dead. As we were driving out, sure enough, to our left, there were TONS! I'm talking like...when we see cows at the side of the road in Canada, they see Baboons. Only these monkeys aren't gated in or anything. They're wild. Just randomly hanging out there. I was lucky enough to turn my camera on, snap a few pics, let it die, and do it again...I was so happy it worked! Unfortunately I missed getting pics of the baby ones, but maybe another day. As they're so dangerous, we didn't stop and get out of the car, we slowed down - as the cars in front of us did - and had the window open for a few pictures.

We then continued on our way. Tim asked which way we wanted to drive back...in the same direction, or a different route that would be more picturesque. I chose that route. Others weren't too fond of the idea, but luckily after them talking about it a bit, they decided they'd do have scenic, and if they got bored, they'd cut across and go home the way we came. As I expected, it was just as breath taking. Once we got to the familiar surroundings, and after eating an ice lolly each, I fell asleep. I wasn't the only one though, Heloise had fallen asleep a few times.

When we got home, I jumped in the pool for a quick swim, and soon had three boys in the pool as well. When I got out, I recharged the battery for my camera, checked my e-mails and such, and then it was time for supper. As soon as I finished up, and ate far more than any person ever should...I went into the gym. I did some crunches, then as hard as it was to get started, did 6.73 km's on the treadmill, some more crunches and some weights. Checked what time my day would start tomorrow, got in the shower, and crawled into a nice comfy bed. Minus the little ants, and whatever it was that bit me on my sunburn. Little Monster! Now I should be going to sleep, but I am far too full of energy, and there is no plan for tomorrow as of yet. So...I'm going to upload my pictures to Facebook, and see how tired I am after that. Good Night xx