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Apparently, the rate of inflation we discovered with the penguins applies to bontebok antelopes as well: they get monotonous surprisingly quickly. At least if they’re as plentiful as in the Bontebok Nature Reserve. And especially if the kids are fervently hoping to catch a glimpse of the rare mountain zebra in stead. (“Mum, were are the zebraaaaas?”)
In the end, you’re not only indifferent to bonteboks; they get kind of annoying. – Really, they’re just glorified cows, said Bruno. At least they seemed to be pretty far from the brink of extinction nowadays.
I hope I don’t come off ungrateful, though. This land blows my mind in so many ways. I’m not getting used to these landscapes, either. Majestic.
And I’ve never seen a sky this big.
Mpho from the Kopanong Bed & Breakfast in the township of Khayelitsha, outside Cape Town, took us for a leisurely stroll around the neighbourhood we were staying in. We visited a kindergarten and a shabeen tavern made of plates of corrugated iron.
People invited us into their houses and shacks. We posed for pictures with them. – Say Khayelitsha! Mpho shouted before pushing the camera button. There was real pride in her voice.
- It’s a good thing your children get to see Africa at such a young age, she said. In the same tone someone would say it’s good for them to drink their milk daily.
It takes about 10 minutes to get used to wild penguins wobbling around you on the beach.
We took pictures of the first penguin we saw on Boulder Beach as if it were Bigfoot. By the time we were getting ready to leave, the kids didn’t even look up from their sandcastles when a cackling flock marched right past them and splashed into the water.
