This morning we bid a sad farewell to our luxury bush home. As we descended the long ramp with our suitcases it was a sorrowful feeling that we had to leave this place of tranquility, and peaceful serendipity. Then we got to the ugly Avanza to find the battery had died! Mildred went and fetched Andrew who eventually showed up with the beat up old work truck and jumped our rental car and we were off to the airport and on to Cape Town, our next adventure . . . .
We arrived at the Wilton Manor in Greenpoint (a district of Cape Town) and got settled in. When we spoke with the night manager, Vincent, he advised that we should take the trip to Table Mountain right away as Cape Town is subject to high winds which bring clouds over the mountain and also can shut down the cable car that takes people to the top. He checked the weather forcast and it was supposed to be clear. He advised that we check with him in the morning. We then walked down to the V&A (Victoria and Alfred) Waterfront for a bite to eat. It was about a twenty minute walk to the waterfront, but it felt good to stretch our legs. Clouds had formed over the top of Table mountain and were alive, falling over the edge of the mountain like a waterfall. The locals say that on occasion clouds will form on the top of the mountain and hang over the edge like a table cloth. Rarely you will see them flowing over, as we saw tonight. Unfortunately we had left all of our camera/video gear at the guest house.
The walk back this evening seemed all up hill . . . funny how that happens.
We arrived at the Wilton Manor in Greenpoint (a district of Cape Town) and got settled in. When we spoke with the night manager, Vincent, he advised that we should take the trip to Table Mountain right away as Cape Town is subject to high winds which bring clouds over the mountain and also can shut down the cable car that takes people to the top. He checked the weather forcast and it was supposed to be clear. He advised that we check with him in the morning. We then walked down to the V&A (Victoria and Alfred) Waterfront for a bite to eat. It was about a twenty minute walk to the waterfront, but it felt good to stretch our legs. Clouds had formed over the top of Table mountain and were alive, falling over the edge of the mountain like a waterfall. The locals say that on occasion clouds will form on the top of the mountain and hang over the edge like a table cloth. Rarely you will see them flowing over, as we saw tonight. Unfortunately we had left all of our camera/video gear at the guest house.
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