Flying to Cape Town..?
I remember sitting in my room on a cold January day in the Netherlands.
Outside it was raining, the sky was grey and I could feel how I was getting tired of the constant routine that I was in. In front of me on the table stood my laptop wide open, the light reflecting on the window behind it. I kept re-reading all the information...
... confirm your flight from Barcelona to Cape Town - South Africa with a layover in Istanbul...
One month later.. I was standing right where this picture was taken. It was my first time in Camps Bay with a good friend of mine called Felix. We knew each other from university but never really talked. However, when I saw on one of his stories that he was also in South Africa we just had to meet up. We decided to go here to watch the sunset after work. We managed to grab an Uber and drove down the mountain just in time for the golden hour. I stepped out of the car, and to my right I saw this view. I took out my camera and made a picture to keep the memory...
"It's not what you look at that matters... It's what you see... "
- Midnight Library
African Penguins at Betty’s Bay
Interestingly enough, the African Penguins or also called “Black footed” Penguins have been in South Africa for quite a while, but their overall survival is greatly at risk. While in 1910 there were an estimated 1.5 million African Penguins in Namibia and South Africa, in 2010 there were only 55,000 left. With the current rate of decline it is expected that the African Penguins will be extinct in the wild by 2026. The endangerment of the species originates mostly because of external threats such as a lack of prey due to overfishing or oil spills
On a positive note, there are organizations such as the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) or the Global Penguin Society which are dedicated to protecting this species in the wild. Their instagram is @sanccob if you want to check them out.
Road Trip from Cape Town to Swellendam
Because we still had to work until 5 pm before we could drive to Swellendam, we got in the car quite late. Slowly but surely, the sun was going down, and soon, when we were far enough away from Cape Town, it felt like we could see the entire Milky Way.
When we got to the house we rented, one friend went to some neighbours and asked if they had a bottle of wine that they were willing to sell. We went to an outside table, poured some glasses, and gazed up at the stars. We talked and laughed about the last month and the memories we made.
These pictures were taken in the morning at around 5 am when the sun was going up. It was the first time that we saw what the landscape looked like after only seeing darkness the entire night before. There was even a pool, so we decided to wake up a little by jumping in it and cooling off in the water until we were ready to get back on the road….
When we got to the house we rented, one friend went to some neighbours and asked if they had a bottle of wine that they were willing to sell. We went to an outside table, poured some glasses, and gazed up at the stars. We talked and laughed about the last month and the memories we made.
These pictures were taken in the morning at around 5 am when the sun was going up. It was the first time that we saw what the landscape looked like after only seeing darkness the entire night before. There was even a pool, so we decided to wake up a little by jumping in it and cooling off in the water until we were ready to get back on the road….
Some more pictures of my time in Cape Town...
