Anyway...
One of the very many things I absolutely love about Cape Town, is the fact that places like Newlands Forest is practically in our back yard - about 15min drive.
There are also quite a few options when you visit Newlands - anything from a few minutes walk to a picnic spot to a few hours walk along the contour path of the Table Mountain Range. Thus for a lazy afternoon last minute urge to indulge in some Nature, we opted for something in the middle and bullied the Nell's (Jo-Marie = keen; Louis = not so keen) into keeping us company.
The entrance to the Park
Louis already starting to wonder whether this was a good idea...
A huge tree full of purple flowers - can't see them so well on the pic though.
I think by this time the surroundings have convinced Louis that maybe it was not such a bad idea after all...
The intrepid adventurer leading the way.
Heading up.
Isn't he supposed to be wearing a furry hat??
The path follows a mountain stream most of the way - really beautiful.
What? Consulting directions?? Nah, must be some guide about which plants can be smoked or something...
View of the city.
Wall paper anybody?
Huge tree roots exposed by water erosion.
Cool tree.
After we had our Nature fix, we popped in at home for a quick shower and headed off to Camps Bay for dinner. It was such a lovely day - we just had to get a good spot for sunset, and besides, we needed an excuse to open a really good bottle of wine...obviously we don't really need much of an excuse if watching the sunset is a perfectly acceptable one!
View from our table at the restaurant (Summerville)
The sunset was worth the traffic!
Trio of game espetada...accompanied by De Toren Z 2004 - bliss!
Well, I certainly cannot, in good conscious, allow perfectly good bone-marrow to go to waste!
YUM!
Thus ends another shit day in Africa!
