Sweet Aroma of Seal

May 20, 2011

Today we left Swakopmund mid-morning and headed towards Cape Cross to experience the Cape Fur Seal Colony. I have never seen so many seals at once. This is the largest Cape Fur Seal colony and is a reserve to Safe Havens. It was fun watching the seals ride the waves and do flips and to see them bask in the sun. As mark promised we also experienced their sweet aroma that was pretty close to that of cat urine. It was well-worth putting up with the smell just to see all the seals. We then drove to Henties Bay and spent the rest of the day on the beach collecting sea shells. The sweet aroma of the seals was stuck in our clothing. For supper we ate at a seafood restaurant called Fishy Conner or Place and fave place for Dr. Pegg. Almost everyone ordered the Calamari and from what I could tell they were all in bliss over how tasty it was. "I'm eatin' Calamari in the Kalahari while on a safari with Katie Lawry in my Kalahari Ferrari!"

It was a great night!

Tara!