A day in Kalk Bay.

Most mornings Grant cycles down Muizenberg way and comes back over Boyes Drive, a scenic route through Kalk Bay, St. James, Muizenberg and Lakeside. Last week he saw lots of whales in the bay below and showed us some of his pictures (taken with a bad cellphone camera from a very awkward position!) and we were inspired to go and do some whale-watching! Well, I was inspired and took the girls and my mom with me!

We stopped just above Muizenberg with the surfers and kite surfers enjoying the windy conditions far below.


We saw quite a few whales, they weren't as close as they had been a few days before due to the choppiness of the water but we saw some tails, some flippers and some breaches.

My camera doesn't do it justice, this is the splash after the breach!Whale watching is so funny, you stand there for ages and then everyone gasps in awe for a couple of seconds and then again you wait!!


After we'd stood in the wind long enough we drove down to Kalk Bay and went in search of an afternoon tea spot, we found it in The House of Pancakes and Waffles, service wasn't great but the pancakes were yummy.


After stuffing our faces we took a walk over the road to the harbour where we were entertained by the seals and the fishermen and indeed the dead fish on sale at the market there!!

The colourful fishing boats in all shapes and sizes make an interesting backdrop to this truly Capetonian place.


The seals were so sweet and really "performed" for their "audience", the girls were ecstatic when one lay on his back, flippers up and "clapped" for us! Easy to see why they are such an attraction at sea world type venues/aquariums, they seem to be natural actors!


When a fishing boat came in and brought with it a flock of seabirds it was time to go as we were "blessed" with some offerings from above!


Thankfully this time Niave succeeded in not landing in the water, albeit because I was holding onto her for dear life - there would have been no easy way to "fish her out" as there was in the tranquil pond at Greenpoint, and she does like to hang over the side of the harbour wall doesn't she!!!



On our way back to the car we met this fellow who has to be the most unique piece of beadwork that I have ever seen!