Cape Town

I woke up in Cape Town this morning. Staying with a good friend, Trip, from university. His apartment is just up the north shore from downtown CPT. He has wide open western views of the ocean from his living room. Big sliding glass doors open up to the crashing tide. Robben Island is directly across. Glance left and you will see the buildings of central standing in front of the classic Cape backdrop of Table Mountain, Devil's Peak & Lion's Head. 

The picture above was taken one beer after arriving at his flat. Fan powered parasailer with lofty views of Table Mountain. 

Now sipping a coffee with morning sun lighting up the white froth of the breaking waves. The sound of the ocean drowns out the costal traffic or construction. We're figuring out our day ahead. Will drive south to Cape of Good Hope, over to Constantia wine route. Should time allow we may be ambitious and try to hike the Table for sunset. 

A friend, who used to live here, recently wrote me a note and said 'once the sunsets on you in South Africa it can be hard to leave.' I won't get carried away jut yet, but can understand where he is coming from. The views are stunning and they seem to just get better.