Last Epic Day In South Africa

Pictures have not held up well to all the experiences we have had. Sunsets paint the best conclusions to days of gardens, art, culture, people, and a great travel experience (when was the last time you caught an albino squirrel Peter?). Today we spent the morning in some Cape Town sights. The slave lodge, and the Company Garden. The Company Garden is in the center of original Cape Town. It was the place the Dutch East India Company settled. It is a history of slave trade, hardship, and modernization. It all starts in the 1600's, about the same time america was discovered. The Slave Lodge was the place slaves went every night after work. A filthy, inhumane, marker to the way people were treated......  Dutch East India Company was the law.......
  The afternoon was a foodie fest with chef Bruce Robertson. He put on a 5 course lunch that was fabulous! I think we ate snails three ways and never encountered a garden snail. They were all of the sea shore variety....in the chefs private residence overlooking Simon's Bay it was perfect.
Chef Robertson is reknowned. He keeps a B & B in Simon's Town.
  We stopped on the way home to photograph a young man that is part of the baboon patrol. The idea is to keep them out of his neighborhood and in the national park. So, they use high powered paintball guns. These guys stand guard 24-7.... It seems to work, we haven't seen any baboons until today.....
  Tomorow we head home....sad for us. It has been an awesome adventure. We do have some trepidation about the long flights home....see you all very soon. Thanks for keeping an eye on the blog....Northwest sunsets are the best, but, I have to say, Africa is consistent, every night, great sunsets........