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Stories about Africa

Rob bryant
2006-01-08 23:15:10

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Capetown, South Africa - This was my second trip to Capetown, however, this time I was there in July so it was Winter in the Southern Hemisphere. Despite the fact the next land mass South of South Africa is Antarctica, the air is warmed by the ocean and winds from the continent of Africa. After working long hours during the week, I was ready to enjoy the weekends off to enjoy ocean activities. For instance, I took a boat ride out to a reef where the population of fish is second only to the Great Barrier Reef. This brings the most feared ocean predator � the Great White Shark. Each one of us got to go into a Shark cage and watch this enormous meat eater attack fish all around the cage. It was a humbling experience to be so close to an animal that outweighed me 15 times over. One of them brushed by so closely that I felt the water movement caused by the swishing of its mighty tail. The next day I took a boat ride just a mile or so off the coast to watch whales swimming literally beside the boat. Some of them were so close we could see the barnacles on their backs and count the ribs in their enormous tail. We saw Humpback and Right Whales making their way South as Winter was ending. To see these gentle giants glide along beside the boat effortlessly was a natural wonder. The next weekend I took a trip down to the Cape Good Hope itself � the Southern most tip of Africa. I've heard about it my whole life and to see it was humbling. I saw the mountains tower above the sea in seeming defiance to the roaring surf. The cliffs and rocks stood firm against the onslaught. The sea waves crashed against the rocks at the base of the mountains in an awesome display of power. The sea seemed to say to the mountains, �I�ll wear you down with my unmatched fury.� The cool wind gusted to 60 miles per hour seeming to say it was the most powerful and was controlling itself but could unleash it ferocity if challenged by the sea or mountains. ...

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