Valar!

Igår såg vi valar söder om Camps Bay. 3 whales were playing in the water, and we even heard them talk! So beautiful!

Macassar Costal Week

Costal week at Macassar Dunes (about 15 minutes east from Muizenberg). A bunch of school kids, Marnie and me learnt about marine ecosystems.

Rock with sea anemones!

Found a lot of species; sea urchins, starfish, crabs, kelp. However, I was just a bit lost trying to understand what to look for.

Kite

Me and Marnie, and a bunch of children, visited a Kite festival just outside our apartment a while ago.

Yes, it's cute!

Edith Stephens Wetland Park!

Marnie, Aaron and me visited Edith Stephens Wetland Park yesterday. Marco, that day working with clearing of allien species (hyacinths) in the wetlands, showed us around. It was amazing!

We met this little redlisted kameleont in the park. När den blir nervös och känner sig rädd ändrar den färg till mörkgrön/svart.

The Cape Flats Nature's main office. Cape Flats Nature is a partnership project between the City of Cape Town, the South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Table Mountain Fund and the Botanical Society of South Africa. It aims to create a people centered practice of protecting biodiversity so that the surrounding townships benefit. And at Edith Stephens Wetland Park, in the middle of marginalised communities, is were it all started. My thesis focus on the implementation process surrounding the Cape Flats Nature project.

In the backyard

It feels as if I live on the beach. This is our backyard. 7 am this morning me and Marnie went for a run here (yes, it is true!) just before going to the university of Cape Town.

You find nice stuff in our backyard too. There is a lot of salty sea dogs around. I like dogs. There is also a fish n' chip place called 'the salty sea dog' which I think is sweet.

Here is an example of a salty sea dog taking a break from the beach.

Here is a road on the beach. It is a bit further east of our backyard in Muizenberg. But still, it is on the beach. It easily gets covered by sand, so from time to time the road has to close down in order to remove the sand. Mm, infrastructure planning!

Mind the gaps

Social, Environmental and economic injustice.

Birthday penguins!

African penguins at Boulders beach. Dom är nästan våra grannar, vi bor 30 minuter härifrån. Ibland rymmer pingvinerna. Tänk: "Älskling, det är en pingvin i vår trädgård igen!" Ha!

"Baboons, baboons!" A group of people behind us screamed of excitement. But me and Marnie almost peed our pants when a whole baboon-family passed us on the trail in the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve.

I'm in Muizenberg

This house in the suburb Muizenberg is my home for the next two months.

Some sculptures in our neighbourhood. I like sharks. And, since Muizenberg is the surfers' corner of Cape Town I might even get the chance to meet some.

This is our train station. Beautiful!