Their pine trees are cool looking!

Headed to Cape Point

Leaders who made this trip happen

Noel, Jon, Ken, Brian

Whale sighting

We screamed spotting a whale spray a water blast high in the air. You can't see it in this picture but we watched a whale show off jumping out of the water and flapping his tail. It's the time of year whales come close to shore for birthing.

Differences in South Africa

Celsius instead of farenheit, kilometers instead of miles, rand instead of dollars, 7 hr. time change, winter instead of summer. GPS said we were 9000 miles from home!
Different terminology: french fries are called chips, biscuits are scones, cookies are called biscuits, napkins are serviettes, diapers are called napkins, bathroom is the loo or toilet, swimsuit is a costume, get in line is get in the que, watch your step is mind the gap, small truck is a lorry, medium truck is a bucky, van is a combi. It became a fun game realizing the different terminology. The hardest difference to get used to was driving on the left hand side of the road. And did you know the water in their drains runs opposite of ours? And why is this---they are south of the equator.
People crammed in the back of a bucky was a common sight. Another unusual sight was watching people walk the center of the highways selling golf balls, sunglasses, purses, sling shots, grass hut frames, sports jerseys, maps, and firewood.

Baboon hunting

Lisa leaving a snack to see if we could see a baboon upclose.

Prayer time

Behind our bunkhouse I would go here to have my quiet time. I kept my eyes open though hearing of a baboon sighted there the day before. BTW, they hire people full time as whale watchers, shark watchers, and baboon watchers. At times, the baboons will come down in packs out of the mountains to raid the homes. So they will sound an alarm for everyone to bring their children inside, close the windows and lock the doors. The baboons identify people with food. They ransack people's homes if they get in and the Alpha male has teeth like a tiger. As we were driving along one day, we saw a pack of baboons on the side of the road with their babies dangling from their backs. There was a man coming up behind them with a slingshot. The baboons are trouble!