South Africa Part One

Trent and I joined Hanrich, Kent and Pablo for a trip to South Africa in July. I was there for two weeks, and Trent joined us the second week. Hanrich, who is from Bloemfentein, South Africa, planned the trip of a lifetime for us. We stayed in awesome Airbnb's and got to see the truly stunning and unique country that he calls home. I added a continent to my list with this trip, and cannot wait to get back to Africa to explore more countries. These photos are from our Airbnb in Cape Town, and from my favorite meal we had the entire trip, and we ate some freaking delicious meals, at Foxcroft in Constantia, just outside of Cape Town. It was delicious and such a beautiful setting.

We had tickets to go to the Robben Island Museum to see where Nelson Mandela was incarcerated, but the ocean was too rough and we weren't able to go. So, we went down to Simon's Town and saw African Penguins instead. En route to go and see the penguins, we also got our first views of Fynbos, vegetation that is only found in the Western and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa. There are only six floral kingdoms in the world and Fynbos is one of them. It is also the smallest floral kingdom in the world. So cool!

We also visited Cape Point and the Cape of Good Hope, the most South-Western Point of the African continent. It was so windy, many of my photos had pieces of my hair blowing through the frame. We saw our first ostrich in the wild at the Cape of Good Hope and we also saw our first baboons in the wild here, very exciting!