West Coast National Park
... a bit more about Saturday. The linux training at school was not that interesting for us. We expected a history of linux and some commands, but there was nothing like that. They just taught the linux equivalents of word, excel and powerpoint..
We stayed until the afternoon. Since the weather was very nice on Saturday, we felt like being outside. So, we drove the direction of Stellenbosch and went to the Spier winery again (it's just 20 minutes from Khayelitsha). This time we didn't drink any wine, we just laid down on the grass and enjoyed the weather. It's strange how quickly the weather changed here. On Thursday it was still cold, especially during the night, but on Friday it was suddenly warm and sunny! It's weird for me because in Europe it takes quite a while for spring to turn into summer, but here it just happened in one day! Today was supposed to be 31 degrees!
On Sunday we drove to the West Coast National Park with Lucka, Karen and her boyfriend. There were 5 of us in the Beetle. The West Coast National Park is about 120 km north of Cape Town. The road was not far from the sea and there was nice scenery. The land there is very wide and open, there are no trees, just low bushes (called 'fynbos'). The main reason why we drove to the park was to see the wild flowers there. The flower season is quite short, it's just in September. We didn't see many flowers when we entered the park, but as we drove on, we began to see more. Driving through the park was quite 'interesting' - there were mostly dirt roads there and at some point I started to regret that we had taken our Beetle there. Also, the people who passed us on their 4Wheel drives were quite amused when they drove past us. Mostly we just got smiles and a few weird looks, and on one occasion, a guy offered us a tow-rope! :o) But in the end we didn't need it, because our Beetle made it! I tried to be really careful when driving, because some animals, such as worms, mice and turtles, were crossing the roads. Luckily, I didn't run over any of them. I'd never before seen turtles in the wild and now we could take a close look at them!
I took lots of pictures of flowers in the park - it was amazing! Also, we stopped at some nice viewpoints. There was one place called the 'lagoon' - it really looked like one, and the water was especially blue there.
The sun was shining the whole day and it was really warm. In the end we were quite tired. Before going home we drove to a town called Langebaan and had dinner there. We drove home in the dark - the way back seemed really long.
We stayed until the afternoon. Since the weather was very nice on Saturday, we felt like being outside. So, we drove the direction of Stellenbosch and went to the Spier winery again (it's just 20 minutes from Khayelitsha). This time we didn't drink any wine, we just laid down on the grass and enjoyed the weather. It's strange how quickly the weather changed here. On Thursday it was still cold, especially during the night, but on Friday it was suddenly warm and sunny! It's weird for me because in Europe it takes quite a while for spring to turn into summer, but here it just happened in one day! Today was supposed to be 31 degrees!
On Sunday we drove to the West Coast National Park with Lucka, Karen and her boyfriend. There were 5 of us in the Beetle. The West Coast National Park is about 120 km north of Cape Town. The road was not far from the sea and there was nice scenery. The land there is very wide and open, there are no trees, just low bushes (called 'fynbos'). The main reason why we drove to the park was to see the wild flowers there. The flower season is quite short, it's just in September. We didn't see many flowers when we entered the park, but as we drove on, we began to see more. Driving through the park was quite 'interesting' - there were mostly dirt roads there and at some point I started to regret that we had taken our Beetle there. Also, the people who passed us on their 4Wheel drives were quite amused when they drove past us. Mostly we just got smiles and a few weird looks, and on one occasion, a guy offered us a tow-rope! :o) But in the end we didn't need it, because our Beetle made it! I tried to be really careful when driving, because some animals, such as worms, mice and turtles, were crossing the roads. Luckily, I didn't run over any of them. I'd never before seen turtles in the wild and now we could take a close look at them!
I took lots of pictures of flowers in the park - it was amazing! Also, we stopped at some nice viewpoints. There was one place called the 'lagoon' - it really looked like one, and the water was especially blue there.
The sun was shining the whole day and it was really warm. In the end we were quite tired. Before going home we drove to a town called Langebaan and had dinner there. We drove home in the dark - the way back seemed really long.
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