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South Africa ’13, Part 3: Table Mountain

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On our last day in Cape Town we hiked up Table Mountain via Skeleton Gorge hiking trail starting in the Kirstenborsch Botanical Garden, which is a more interesting trail compared to the shorter one starting in the Table Mountain Park J once did.

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Received some “tribal make-up” from the waitress after breakfast in the Botanical Garden.
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She said this was a wedding custom in the African tribes
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The trail was actually even steeper than it looked on this picture.
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View to the South-East
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Made it to the top
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Bloubergstrand in the background

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Spot P!
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Spot her again
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Close to the end of our hiking trip with the Lion’s head in the background, one of Cape Town’s landmarks.

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