Cape Town, South Africa.
We hit the halfway point of our trip in Cape Town. The best way to celebrate was with some love from home: our dear friend, Lorinda, joined us for nearly two weeks! One week we spent up the coast on Bloubergstrand, in awe of the kiteboarders, and another week on the east side of Table Mountain in the Claremont neighborhood in a place the boys dubbed, “Paradise House,” with our own pool and game room.
There is so much to do in and around Cape Town, we had a list of excursions, activities, and sightseeing to do, but also made sure to rest and relax toghether. Mixing kayaking with dolphins, hiking Table Mountain, going on safari, drumming at an African dinner, and visiting Nelson Mandela’s prison cell with foosball, movies, Yahtzee, and swimming, we struck the perfect balance.
"A Taste Of Our Motherland" Kenya Airways in-flight meal
Flying over Africa
Approaching Cape Town
Table Mountain
Watching the kiteboarders
Sunset over Table Mountain
Our Week 1 Airbnb locale
Lorinda arrives!
Sloppy Joe and Yahtzee night
Airbnb Week 1
Airbnb Week 2
Our own pool!
Our own game room!
Out for Greek food
Cable car ride up Table Mountain
Gorgeous hiking at the top of Table Mountain
View of Robben Island from Table Mountain
A short list of many shipwrecks off this coast
Hiking up to Cecilia Waterfall
Protea flowers
Cecilia Waterfall
Post-hike ice cream comes
Bowling with Lorinda
A 5-star night at Gold Restaurant: An Immersive African Experience
Washing up for dinner
Faces painted
Delicious 14-course feast at Gold Restaurant
Moroccan chicken almond pie
Namibian seared ostrich fillet salad with toasted seeds
Mali puppets
Pearl couscous with cauliflower, venison tomato stew, linefish curry
Cardamom and cinnamon spiced ice cream with biscuit
Watching the Timberwolves game
Kayaking with dolphins
Haircuts!
So excited to be here!
Saying goodbye to Lorinda
Planning for Namibia
Last-minute tidying
Drumming at Gold Restaurant
Kiteboarding tricks
Baboons on our hike to Cecilia Waterfall
African dancing, singing, drumming, and puppetry at Gold Restaurant
Lots of foosball
At the top of Table Mountain
Dolphin Beach kiteboarders
Cecilia Waterfall
Kayaking with jumping dolphins