A Whole Lot of Listerine

Yes, listerine - the stuff you rinse your mouth with!  Shanley and I took a long walk to Camps Bay on Saturday, which is about 10km from Sea Point (each way) and is directly along the coast.  The water is so blue, so aqua, that it looks like listerine! 

Camps Bay is a very charming neighborhood in Cape Town (similar to Alki Beach in Seattle) and it is surrounded by multi-million dollar properties which made the long walk very entertaining.  After the first 10km we were ready to chow-down, so we found a pizza place for lunch which waswas a steal of a meal and soooo good too!

We also spent Sunday near the ocean blue... in fact, we went cage diving with Great White Sharks. Even before Shanley and I left the States, we both agreed that shark diving was something we wanted to do. Our hotel concierge has been very helpful and facilitated a great dive adventure for a price we couldn't turn down. The day started at 0500 when we were picked up from the hotel and had a two hour road transfer to Gansbaai.  One perk of being awake so early was watching an African sun rise; which sneaks up over the horizon then floods the sky with color:

We then loaded a boat where we met the crew and dive master, who prepared us to meet the sharks.  After an hour on the boat, navigating through the Atlantic waves, we reached Shark Alley!  The weather on the day of the dive was beautiful, but rain from the week prior meant the water was cloudy and visability was very limited (about 1meter in front of you).  We waited while the crew tried to bait a shark toward our boat.  At the first sign of a shark, the dive master hustled us into the cage (naturally, Shanley and I volunteered for the first group).  Even in wet suits, the water was freezing; we later learned that the water here rarely reaches temperatures above 14 degrees Celsius.  The shark was baited right in front of us, and we were fortunate to catch a glimpse of the sharks swimming right by.  Our group of divers (there were six at a time) got to spend the longest amount of time in the cage and had two shark sightings.   Per the dive master, it wasn't an ideal day for shark sightings, but for Shanley and me it was worth it!