Cape Town Birds
Posted on Jul 24, 2009 under Animals, Travel | No CommentAll of my friends knows how much I love birds. I love to draw them, paint them, sew them a just plain watch them. It was my second day of my trip to South Africa and I really got some great experiences with the native birds. Actually, a little bit more than I wanted to. I left my room at one of Cape Town South Africa Hotels just in time to take a guided tour of the peninsula.
My guide stopped at a penguin viewing area where we all were able to get off the tour van and walk right up, super close to these wonderfully funny birds. One penguin I approached didn’t seem to happy about me getting up close and personal. I found out why, she was protecting her eggs. Another one let me sit right next to him, he was so cute. Another penguin was too camera shy and kept turning his head away from me everytime I lifted up my camera to take a picture, so I only managed to get his profile. Everyone on my tour was having just as much fun as I was with all the cute little penguins. What a fun trip.
After my tour, I was dropped off back at my hotel and I decided to take a nice nap. I was still feeling the effects of jet-lag. I was so tired that I missed eating lunch. I awoke about four hours later and decided I should go out for a quick bite. I ended up at McDonald’s believe it or not. Through experience I found that, most of the time, McDonalds which are in other countries tend to be better than the ones in the States. But, this really wasn’t the case here in South Africa. After I ate, I strolled around the downtown area.
It was nice to be able to see the mountains from everywhere I looked from any part of downtown. Oh, yes, to complete my bird story! As I was walking around this water fountain, I realized that there were a lot of birds flying around. I was even thinking how I’ve never been pooped on by a bird before. Then I crossed the street and strolled around this little market and as I was leaving the market, I felt something wet drop on my head. At first I thought someone had thrown a rubber ball at my head, but upon inspection and to my absolute horror, I realized that a bird had pooped on my head. Thankfully, I was only a few blocks from my hotel room. I bet all those South African had a good laugh at the expense of a silly white American woman.
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