A date with Pingu

I first discovered the African Penguins on BBC before heading down this way and made a promise to myself to visit them when I came to Cape Town. So this afternoon I made the trip down on an amazing coastal route to Boulder's Beach, where the little fellows hang out in the sand.

Penguins are amazing, they were swimming next to humans without worrying, waddling round the beach. A bit further up they had their own reserved beach overlooked by a multitude of multi-cultural tourists in reverent silence and awe for such cool creatures. Fluffy baby penguins wandered around trying not to trip over the eggs on the sand. Apparently this colony just turned up on the beach one day and decided to stay. They were called 'jackass' penguins as they make the braying noise of a donkey, but this label has since been replaced with the more polite 'African Penguin'. In any case, they seem very at home on the gorgeous sandy beach in the sunshine.

The last picture was taken at the V&A Waterfront in the centre of Cape Town, in Nobel Square. There are statues of the 4 recipients of the Nobel Peach prize (Albert Luthuli, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, FW DeClerk and Nelson Mandela.) This little kid was getting in touch with his heritage.