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Just 1.5 hours’ drive from Cape Town you can visit the West Coast National Park
which is a stunning nature reserve and a popular spot for boaters and anglers.
Look at this spectacular coastline.
Super rough waves, the current is ripping.
And it smells like bird ***.
This is the exact reason why you would never want to be shipwrecked
or run aground on the southern coast of Africa.
The no-go zone.
There are many hiking and bicycling trails
and the park is a birdwatchers paradise with 100's of different species of birds.
We are overlooking Langebaan bay
which is where we are going to be sailing for the next week
in these coves and over there is a far bay.
This is all a national park and you can see a bunch of animals.
We saw Kudu, we saw ostriches, we saw a bunch of different types of birds.
The last week of our sailing training would take place in Saldhana Bay
where we would finish the practical portion of our Dayskipper course.
One of our favorite exercises was close quarters solo sailing
which as you can see here, Amy was an absolute boss at!
We would perform figure eights around two obstacles
within close distance of each other.
And in shallow waters to make sure the challenge was real.
Saldhana bay is a fantastic spot with challenging conditions
and perfect for practicing passage making, handling emergency situations
and gaining a practical understanding of currents and tides.
Besides pretending to be pirates and overtaking our fellow students
we had an incredible fun week
with long days practicing all the skills and theory we had learned.
At the end of the day we stopped by the Mykonos Casino & Resort
for a nice late lunch before navigating back to the yacht club
in the dark of the night.
Wine Country!
Wine country, wine country...
Wine Country
This place is very hoity-toity.
We are at Babylonstoren Vineyard
which is one of the oldest vineyards in Franschoek area.
This whole area is just littered with vineyards
and these beautiful old colonial style buildings with the white.
It looks like an old farmhouse.
Dating back to 1692, Babylonstoren is one of the best preserved farmyards on the Cape.
It is well-known for its magnificent gardens
and a couple of high-end farm to table restaurants.
Be aware that getting a table is difficult
and we highly recommend booking ahead of time.
You can also stay at the vineyard in one of the 9 beautiful farmhouse suites.
The trail is made up of all crushed up pits.
Maybe apricot or peach, I am not sure.
This is like being in an incredible botanical garden, it is out of this world.
The gardens are amazing.
I definitely want one of these at my house.
It's so cool, it's like a birds nest.
Heading up to see Table Mountain.
It's been cloudy most of the week so we finally have a clear day
to have a 360 view of the city.
I can't believe our South African adventure is coming to an end.
It's been such an incredible, incredible three weeks.
I have learned so much about sailing, I had no clue what I was getting into.
I certainly came into it a little naive.
But I have learned so much and apparently I can sail my own sailboat today.
So that is pretty awesome.
Cape Town is still one of my favorite cities in the world
from the people to the food to the location which is ridicously amazing.
Some of the highlights of my trip has definitely been...
sailing down to Cape of Good Hope
swimming with the penguins, winelands
and eating all around Cape Town city, it has been really, really amazing.
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