July 21-22: Taking up Residence in Cape Town

As the title implies, yes, I am still hostage in Cape Town. I am told via a second party that my license disc (the registration document I need to legally drive here) is coming today or tomorrow, but that is according to a third party. Do I believe it? Not until it is in my hands. So, in the meantime………

Now, the sole purpose of this post is to follow-up on my “2 lies and 1 truth game” – and yes this is a real game, which a few of you will recall we played around the campfire on our “brothers plus” sea kayaking trip in Prince William Sound, Alaska.

First of all, I was shocked by how many of you thought I would actually cheat and give you three truths instead of only one. Would I really do that to you? Some of you thought I either did all three or should have. I deny the former and probably should have done the latter, as they all had strong merits. The honest truth is that I did option #3, the all-day mountain climb to Perdelop Peak off of Franschhoek Pass, and staged the other two. Specifically, after my hike, on the way back to my campsite I stopped off at a winery and had a glass of wine solely for the purpose of this game (well, not solely, but mostly), and as soon as I got back to camp I staged the first option (reclining chair with book and binos). I think Brenda knows me best as she was smack on with her conclusions (see her comment in the post if you like).

OK, shall we play again? No, let’s not. I will simply tell you the truth that I spent a second day doing another long hike, but this time up a mountain valley (off Bainskloof Pass) to several waterfalls, including one that was the perfect representation of what inspired my patio waterfall at home. Here are some pictures of my hikes. Enjoy! And I very much hope that my next post is from far down the road on the way to Namibia.

And let’s not forget that in Africa you have to share the roads with baboons at times:

New Species:

• White-throated canary
• Cape white-eye
• Yelloq bishop