Some pictures

Hey,
I have not taken many pictures so far, but after the first 2 months there has been some pictures after all.
The first is from the top of Table Mountain, with the city center of Cape Town beneath me. Table Mountain is 1088 meters above sea level. You can also see Green Point with the World Cup stadium down by the sea. The small island that is outside is the famous Robben Island.


The second foto is from Stellenbosch mountain looking out on Stellenbosch. As you can see the town is quite small. You can see some of the farmland around the town, which mostly are winefarms. My part of the University is in the center of the city. I live to the left, around 20min walk from the University.


The is a picture of the garden to my house :) It is really quiet and I often have the feeling I am far away from South Africa or that I am not in a city when I am there. Eating breakfast outside, watching the birds, to sit there reading or having a braii is just great. Being a student is not always as hard as it can be!


This is from the Cederberg national park. It is around 3 hours north of Stellenbosch. It is a dry mountain area almost untouched by humans. Not strange since it is not much water there so farming is limited. However, there are some farms there as well, but they have a decent distance to their neighbors. We stayed at a camping place next to the small river/stream that went through this valley. The picture is from some cracks almost on the top of one of the surrounding mountains.


Around 20min walk from our camping spot the river ended in this small and deep (kulp?). We could jump from around 10m and there where a lot of fish there. There where also herds of baboons that lived in the area and you can see them on this picture. I was lying and reading on the other side when some of them suddenly screamed. Then I saw them all around me. I was there with only one other guy and we just sat there quiet for the next 10 min watching them climb, play, eat until they eventually had passed us.
In this area there where also a lot of snakes, I just saw one, because they luckily leave when someone approaches. At the evening there was the most amazing view of the stars, I cannot remember seeing them saw clearly before and I really wanted to take my sleeping bag and sleep outside. If you sleep quiet there is a possibility that a snake comes to your bag for a small nap. It is not necessarily dangerous, only if you move. If you lie completely still until it leaves by itself it is cool. I decided to wait until another time to do it, when there are more people who can join me, then there will be more noise and the possibility becomes smaller.
It was a really nice trip and I am so looking forward to getting to travel a little around, although I know it is still long until.