Clifton Beach - Cape Town

Clifton 3
Clifton 3
Clifton 2
Clifton 4

While there is a suburb called Clifton just next door to me, these photos are from a world away in the seaside suburb of Cape Town, SA with the same name. There are a lot more people on its beaches which are numbered (hence the 'Clifton 2,3 and 4' labels) Guess which crowd has Clifton 3 as its favourite?

In my observation of the crowd - some of whom were decidedly Brazilian - there was a very high population wearing Aussiebum swimwear! I was impressed but at the same time a tad disappointed... go all that way... and what do we find?! But what a fantastic place to chill out for an afternoon. Hit the water and you'll do that literally - stay more than 5 minutes and you're getting closely acquainted with hypothermia. The landscape is truly spectacular, and the men aren't bad either.

The photos can be enlarged with a simple click... you know you want to...

Into the Wild

A leopard is tracked down on safari - elegant in it's motion and certainly not looking the least stressed. I wouldn't mind some of that poise!
Vultures - there were probably four times as many as you see here when we arrived. They flew off in a hurry. The buffalo wasn't so lucky.
A mid-morning Scrabble break.
The Rhinos get this size just from eating grass... Who said vegetarianism was slimming?

I will be posting more photos of wildlife and detailed travel stuff here on my travel blog for those who are interested.

Next stop here on Superchilled's express South African tour: Clifton Beach.

Camps Bay Cape Town

More travel photos... While I have more from Kruger - I'll come back to those. It's summer in the southern hemisphere and after training this morning with a host of very talented triathletes, I'm thinking beach; incentive to train hard... not just for speed. Anyway - the photos above are from Camps Bay, Cape Town, our first foray onto South African Beaches. It was a hive of activity both on the beach and in the cafes and bars behind it as the sun set. It was a sensational vibe and I had one of the best smoothies I've ever had - a combination of banana, nut, chocolate and I don't know what - but it was heavenly. The water was freezing though so we didn't swim. You'll see more in photos to follow which have more in the way of speedo clad men. Very few in the water.

superchilled on tour in Africa

I have to say Zebras are probably my favourite - it might the whole graphic thing - the black and white patterns... But the whole safari thing is fantastic. We had a superb guide who was good fun and a tracker who found all manner of animals for us - in places we least expected them (more on those later).

Myself, Dennis, The Frenchman & David, the A-Team in Africa. Here we are during 'Sundowners' literally watching the sunset with drinks served in the middle of a meadow somewhere within the Kruger Game reserve.

This was our accommodation for our time in the park. Tough, but someone has to do it...

Baby elephants playing. It was very entertaining to watch - and they certainly seemed to be enjoying themselves.

More photos later.