We celebrated the New Year by climbing the Klein–Hangklip (Afrikaans for “small hanging rock”) above Rooi Elis to see the sun rise.
We are staying with Marti & Illah and their children who bought a house here in Rooi Els a few years ago and spend summer and winter holidays in South Africa. It is a small town within a nature reserve. Today was incredibly windy – Illah wanted us to pick mussels at the beach for lunch, but the wind was very strong and waves were too big- so we had to be satisfied with watching the big waves crashing on the rocks.
The wind here is notoriously strong – can gust to 160 Km/H – one of the reasons there were many shipwreck around the Cape of Good Hope.
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- Starting the NY sunrise climb
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- Sunrise
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- Up on top of Klein-Hangklip
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- Big Wave
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- House with Klein-Hangklip in background
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- sunset view from house in Rooi-Els
Happy New Year JennOfer, seems like you are concurring the world. Enjoy the rest of your journey, keep collecting memories and adventures. Hope to hear some stories when you get to this port . All the best. Tami
Great to hear about you two!! Amazing that we were just with you in Paris — seems long ago and far away now. Loving the updates and pictures.