Enjoying Chapman's Peak Drive

This post is for the #wednesdaywalk challenge and the #makemesmile challenge collaboration. This collaboration initially took place once a month, but due to its popularity, @tattoodjay (of the #wednesdaywalk) and @elizacheng (of #makemesmile) decided to make it a weekly thing.

If you want to know more about the rules, visit this week's post by @tattoodjay where you will find all the rules at the bottom of his post after you've enjoyed his beautiful photos from his walk.

Today I want to share more photos that I took during our visit to Cape Town during December 2024. These photo's were taken from the Chapman's Peak Drive Lookout Point.

Chapman's Peak is south of Cape Town, South Africa, heading out to the Cape Peninsula.

We travelled via Chapman's Peak Drive and decided to stop over at the Chapman's Peak Drive Lookout Point to get some shots of this beautiful area.

As to be expected, one of the first things I saw, was this frame where tourists can take photos of themselves, showing that they were there. These frames are found everywhere at lookout spots and beaches.

I had another idea in mind though. I thought it would be a good idea to "frame" Hout Bay, in the Background. Hout Bay is a suburb of Cape Town.

The word "hout" is the Afrikaans word for "wood". The Afrikaans word for "bay" is "baai" (pronounced like the English word "bye"). So the Afrikaans name for "Hout Bay" is "Hout Baai".

According to this information board, Southern Right Whales are winter visitors to this area. What a pity...we were there in mid-summer! What an experience it would be to spot some of these whales!

Looking down, I realized again how small we are! Below us, there was a private boat on the water. Look how incredibly small it appears against the massive ocean... It's like one tiny speck against these masses of water.