Sofar we're having a wonderful time in South Africa! We arrived to Cape Town on Thursday, where we got picked up at the airport, and driven to Hermanus (about 120 km east of Cape 
Town). There we went to HMO, Hermanus Magnetic Observatory, where Andrew was waiting for us. The weather is just wonderful, about 27 degrees and mostly sunny, or some clouds. Since we arrived on a Thursday afternoon, the weekend was just about to start (!) so everyone who's going to Antarctica from HMO (and everyone who was in a mood for some beer) went to a beer brewery for a bit of socializing. We met Agatha, a South African researcher who's working now in Norwich, UK. She's also here to visit a short while, so we decided to have an adventurous weekend together. Today (Saturday) we went out sea kayaking, the weather was lovely, sunshine and some clouds, and the water was about 19 degrees warm.. We paddled through lots of waves, and got to a bay where the seals were playing just a metre from our kayaks!! It was amazing! We didn't bring our cameras then of obvious reasons (we were completely soaked when getting back) but I managed to catch some of the African wildlife on Friday, so I'm inserting the photo of when Tobbe found a new friend here instead. They had a great time together!
Tomorrow we're going for even more adventurous things, we'll tell you more about it then! And on Monday we're heading in to Cape Town to get our gear for Antarctica... The boat leaves on Wednesday.
Town). There we went to HMO, Hermanus Magnetic Observatory, where Andrew was waiting for us. The weather is just wonderful, about 27 degrees and mostly sunny, or some clouds. Since we arrived on a Thursday afternoon, the weekend was just about to start (!) so everyone who's going to Antarctica from HMO (and everyone who was in a mood for some beer) went to a beer brewery for a bit of socializing. We met Agatha, a South African researcher who's working now in Norwich, UK. She's also here to visit a short while, so we decided to have an adventurous weekend together. Today (Saturday) we went out sea kayaking, the weather was lovely, sunshine and some clouds, and the water was about 19 degrees warm.. We paddled through lots of waves, and got to a bay where the seals were playing just a metre from our kayaks!! It was amazing! We didn't bring our cameras then of obvious reasons (we were completely soaked when getting back) but I managed to catch some of the African wildlife on Friday, so I'm inserting the photo of when Tobbe found a new friend here instead. They had a great time together!Tomorrow we're going for even more adventurous things, we'll tell you more about it then! And on Monday we're heading in to Cape Town to get our gear for Antarctica... The boat leaves on Wednesday. -Hanna
Ha ha ha ... Tobbe, har du fått en helt ny vän :-)? Påminner lite om Peter Skat till utseendet ;-P.
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