Article for 2013 Apr 09
Part of the “South Africa” series.
2013
2013 Apr
Apr 09 Sun 
After spending two weeks away you may expect me to be feeling quite home-sick.
After spending three nights by the sea you may expect me to be feeling quite sea-sick. I’m neither, and neither my sisters nor my parents are either, though my sisters were not impressed when it transpired that we were about to get aboard a yacht for a “relaxing journey around Table Bay”. Of course, “relaxing” is hardly the right participle given the near-nauseating swell: I’d prefer “exciting”.
From the boat I got some nice views of the local landmarks (the stadium, Waterfront, Table Mountain), and also some nice views of the local birdlife (cormorants, cormorants, more cormorants).
Cormorants weren’t the only birds I saw today. There were sparrows, thrushes, and this very handsome pigeon around a café in Cape Town. I took so many pictures of the pigeon that I decided to stitch them together using PhotoShop:
And that boat wasn’t the only craft we boarded today. At Cape Town International we boarded a plane. And thus it was time to say totsiens to South Africa, then goodbye to Dubai, then hello to the United Kingdom.
