After a delicious lunch, a refreshing glass and some lovely downtime spent just watching people enjoying themselves we walked up to the second floor of the shopping mall for a different view.
The second round of the 2024-25 Rugby Sevens Series was due to be played here next week and so there were lots of SA's players on a stand giving out leaflets and signing autographs etc. Ian's not an expert on Sevens players so he didn't recognise anyone.
It’s 30 years now since the abhorrent apartheid system was abolished and just so fantastic to see everyone happy together and enjoying a seemingly prosperous life.
Walking around the harbour area there were numerous touts offering boat trips and one had a special deal going for a 1 hr trip. I can't remember the exact ZAR price but it worked out at £6.23 for us both and we had a really enjoyable time.
These lovely ladies were thoroughly enjoying themselves and were delighted to be photographed.
I asked this one if she lived in Cape Town but she said No, she lived in Crossroads which didn't mean anything to me at the time but I looked it up and it's a high density township near the airport established in the 1970s and now home to 36,000+ people.
I almost didn't notice these seals lounging at the base of a water buoy.
Back on dry land we treated ourselves to a delicious ice cream except we ended up getting charged for someone else's - the chap had pushed in and got served and was then hanging around the till waiting for his friends and the cashier assumed we were all together. The staff don't have the authority to give refunds so the girl took all the details and promised it would get sorted when the manager was in the next day - mmmm, we'll see.
Everywhere seems to have a big wheel these days.
I took this on my phone which explains the nuclear colouring.
We stopped off at Woolworths on the way back to our apartment and stocked up with food and wine and, once home, sat on the balcony and enjoyed the last sun of the day. When the cloud hangs on the mountain like this, they call it the tablecloth.
