Weekend at Simonstown & Cape Point

Aaaah, and here’s an update to my first weekend trip with Mom =)

My mom is currently visiting me for 5weeks = yummy homecooked meals, redecorated apartment on a daily basis, free lunches, are you jealous yet? ;)

 

We decided to take a trip to Simon’s Town for the weekend. Simonstown is a charming town located in False Bay, Western Cape, and it is still the South African Navy HQ today. Approximately 4000+ Navy officers commute to work daily, as Simonstown real estate prices have shot through the roof with its popularity amongst European retirees.  It’s a charming town with, well, not too much going on really. There’s a main street with restaurants & cafes on the cozy Waterfront, and colonial architectures that hasn’t changed in the past century!

Arriving at our charming lodge for the evening, we have decided to stay at the High Gables B&B. Our gracious hosts, Megan & Roger, have been living in Simonstown for over 20years! They both had incredible stories to share, and it was a beautiful B&B! It was misty and slightly rainy on Saturday, but we found the most beautiful pebbled stone path with gorgeous flowers and blossoming cactus! Enjoyed fresh seafood at Café Pescado, and was welcomed by the friendly staffs. We stumbled upon the weekend celebration of the Governer’s Cup to St Helena, and had a chance to visit the False Bay Yacht Club! After a very relaxing afternoon, we retreated back to our B&B and enjoyed a quiet evening out on the veranda~

Having only 5 weekends to fully explore the beauty of Cape Town, we decided to book a day tour from Simonstown -> Boulders Beach -> Cape Point national reserve -> Hout Bay -> Cape Town! Here are some highlights from each pitstop!

Delicious breakfast at the B&B

 

Visiting Boulders Beach, a South African penguin colony (there are 3 in South Africa)

Wild baboons on the highway! There are 7 troupes monitored in South Africa, and the government actually hires 3-men crew to follow the baboons around, preventing them from getting too close to residential areas! What a job…

 

Climbing up to the Old Lighthouse at Cape Point! This is actually not the southern-most tip of South Africa, but still with a stunning view of the Indian & Atlantic oceans! Brownie points for finding wild ostriches and elands (deers)

Lunch at the historical Cape Farmhouse (over 200 years old!)

View of Hout Bay from Chapman's Peak

Hout Bay harbour

Drive through Chapman’s Peak into Hout Bay, where we bought fresh fishes & baby octopus! 

Hello everyone!

After procrastinating for 6 weeks, I’ve finally decided to start my blog! Enough was enough – I've moved into my new apartment in Cape To

wn, researched & signed-up for new internet service (only 5GB/mnth, how do I even begin to comprehend calculating my usage for internet...!), taken weekend trips around Western Cape, meeting amazing people almost daily... there are simply so many stories and experience I want to share and starting a blog is the perfect way!

Pros:

- Keeping in touch with friends, especially when I continue to procrastinate on update emails...

- Documenting my life: how am I going to remember all these amazing things by the time I am 60 years old, looking back at photos and wishing I remember the moments leading up to it?

- Sharing stories with family & friends who may not get a chance to visit Cape Town while I live here

Cons

- Cleaning up my act of procrastination, a step at a time (should be a Pro eh?)

- Finally having some channel to communicate my thoughts (Pro again~)

- A form of relaxation outside of work!! Aaggh! (Pro?)

Being the logical person that I am, there’s really more pro to this than cons!

To make sure I keep up with this blog, these are the promises I will hereby declare to myself:

One: I will update my blog at least 3x a week, its only as good as the efforts I am going to put into it!

Deux: Don’t over-stress about the details, a goldfish has a 3sec memory which is roughly everyone’s attention span nowadays, anyway. Who will want to read a 4000word blog entry?

Tres: Including at least 1 photo per blog, a picture speaks a thousand words! Refer to #2

Not too bad for my first blog entry eh? Now the photo of the day *drum roll*

Taken today at Cape Point, which I always thought = Cape of Good Hope!! Let’s start this new blogging adventure with a bang, and I hope you will enjoy reading as much as I enjoy writing!

Lisa