Penguins!

Last Saturday was really nice, so I decided to take a drive to Simon's Town and the Boulders Penguin Colony. Most people have a hard time believing that penguins are in Africa, but Cape Town has thousands of them in a couple different places. On previous visits I've seen hundreds on this one beach alone. The breed was known as Jackass Penguins because they bray just like donkeys. They're now called African penguins because it's a little more politically correct.

It's easy to be mesmerized by these little waddlers. Boulders is set up with a nice viewing area right on some active walk-ways between the ocean and the nesting area. You can also take a 10-minute walk down a path to a secluded beach where, if lucky, you can swim and get really, really close to the penguins (like a foot away or less). So, it's easy to just watch the little guys (the gals are nesting) walk back and forth, back and forth, tipping a little from side to side as they go.

The sunset is from my apartment last Saturday.


A sad note: Sindiswa, the woman whose feet I helped clean and trim about a month ago, died this week. I don't have any details, but I'm fairly sure it was from her brain cancer. The funeral will be next week.