On Thursday I was booked to go diving with Great White sharks... however to my disappointment the trip was canceled at the last minute due to bad weather. Instead we decided to visit Cape Town's botanical gardens which are on the southern side of Table Mountain. There's a lot more rainfall on the Southern side which gives the landscape a tropical jungle feel. If you compare this photo with my trip up table mountain earlier in the week then you'll clearly see the difference.
Once on the opposite side of Table Mountain I took the opportunity to visit Camps Bay & Clifton. This is where the rich and famous buy property overlooking the seafront and beaches. The wind here in the winter is often gale force and as you can see it has quite an effect on the trees... its not called the Cape of Storms for nothing!
On Friday we went on a fishing trip to hunt down the famous yellow fin tuna. These fish start at about 10kg and can grow over 100kg! The weather was not great following a cold front that had moved in over night... however we decided to go for it anyway and started out at 5am. Yellow fin tuna hunt in very deep water, therefore we had to drive out 30 miles off the coast which took a couple of hours through rough water. Once out there I caught a 60kg Yellow fin which put up quite a good fight for half an hour... now its in my belly ;-)
On Thursday I was booked to go diving with Great White sharks... however to my disappointment the trip was canceled at the last minute due to bad weather. Instead we decided to visit Cape Town's botanical gardens which are on the southern side of Table Mountain. There's a lot more rainfall on the Southern side which gives the landscape a tropical jungle feel. If you compare this photo with my trip up table mountain earlier in the week then you'll clearly see the difference.
Once on the opposite side of Table Mountain I took the opportunity to visit Camps Bay & Clifton. This is where the rich and famous buy property overlooking the seafront and beaches. The wind here in the winter is often gale force and as you can see it has quite an effect on the trees... its not called the Cape of Storms for nothing!
On Friday we went on a fishing trip to hunt down the famous yellow fin tuna. These fish start at about 10kg and can grow over 100kg! The weather was not great following a cold front that had moved in over night... however we decided to go for it anyway and started out at 5am. Yellow fin tuna hunt in very deep water, therefore we had to drive out 30 miles off the coast which took a couple of hours through rough water. Once out there I caught a 60kg Yellow fin which put up quite a good fight for half an hour... now its in my belly ;-)
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You are the man!!
That is a massive fish!! I bet it tasted amazing??
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