On the way to the Cape of Good Hope

Here are some more photos of African Penguins at Boulders Beach.  I can't tell you how adorable the little guys are.  They waddle around and hop from rock to rock.   It  amazed me to see penguins on the beach,  I had (mistakenly) assumed they were always in the cold, icy places -- waiting to be eaten by a polar bear.  Actually, Gary Larsen lied to us, polar bears are at the North Pole and penguins are at the South Pole.  So polar bears really don't eat penguins - they are probably more likely to snack on one of Santa's Elves!  No, not really.

African Penguin



  Here's a picture of a penguin with her baby penguin.  Baby penguins are almost blue-gray in color and have soft, downy coats.  The young will moult and lose the down coat which will be replaced with the distinctive black and white fur.  The spots and markings on a penguin are unique - scientist use these markings to tell one penguin from another.

Cute Penguin Couple

Penguins mate for life.  You see them standing around in pairs or couple along the beach.  I thought it was adorable.  African penguins are also called Jackass Penguins.  You know why?  Because they bray like donkeys.  It's really funny.  One of them brays and all the rest join in. 


My next stop was the Cape of Good Hope.  Notice how it says the most south-western and the the most Southern point of Africa?  That's because Cape Agulhas is actually the southern most point of Africa.  That's where the Indian Ocean meets the Atlantic Ocean.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

I've seen dozens of beautiful lighthouses in my driving along the coast of Africa.  Most of then are still in use.  In fact, the one in Cape Town has a really loud fog horn that is used with the light to warn ships of the shallow waters.



Light house at Cape of Good Hope

By the time I get finish driving the Whale Route and the Garden Route I will have driven about 500 miles and I will have stopped at most of the red dots on the map above. 
Shari