Head north of Cape Point, back to the big city and you'll be treated to several highlights. Among the first things you'll notice are the endless signs warning you about the baboons. Don't feed them, don't leave your things unattended, especially food. Don't have thoughts about food while looking at them because they'll probably try to rip your face off. They're everywhere and there are baboon crossing signs to testify to this. Keep heading north and you'll find the penguins. Lots of them. They're cute but OMG do they stink. Think several barrels of rancid crabs and you'll have an idea of the stench. The photo here is of just a few of them because a photo of a multitude risks transmitting the smell. Keep heading north and you'll get to Kirstenbosch, the National Botanical Garden. This place is amazingly beautiful. We'd like to think that its beauty stands alone and we were in no way biased by the stinky penguins. In the photo of the garden, you'll some Bird-of-paradise flowers on the right. Notice they are not the usual orange variety. These have purple and blue hues. This one was actually renamed "Mandela's gold" in honor of Nelson Mandela.
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