Boulders Beach, Cape Town - 6

After swimming in the shallow water and exploring the beach, we went in search of more penguins. Sometimes you might think that I was up close to them, but we never left the boardwalk in the remainder of these photos. The African Penguins are protected and I'm glad about that.

Besides taking lots of photos of the penguins, I also got lots of my kids. There's even a great picture of all of us together, thanks to another family walking by. In these first shots, Amanda's pants were wet because of her swimsuit.

My Kids

My Four Kids

Amanda watching the penguins

Our Family

My Three Girls

African Penguin in black and white

Jessica

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Boulders Beach, Cape Town - 5

Here is a nice selection of photos with a good view of Boulders Beach.

I decided to upload them larger than normal, because photos are nicer

to look at when they aren't so small. All the pictures that I post on

my blogs can be enlarged by clicking on them. I think they look

much better that way.

Boulders Beach, Cape Town - 4

Most of you know me from Amanda's Books and More
as the American mom raising 4 kids in South Africa.
Here I'm including photos of all 4 of them.

Three sisters

Jeremiah

Amanda

Jessica

Samantha

The big sisters exploring.

If you would like to see my introduction to this series with more

photos of my kids, then check out Boulders Beach Part 1.

Boulders Beach, Cape Town - 3

I haven't posted since February. I was struggling with my health

and feeling overwhelmed. I'm doing much better and I'm excited

to share with you my latest batch of photos in the Boulders Beach,

Cape Town series. Today I'm introducing an animal called a rock rabbit

(rock hyrax), commonly known as a dassie in South Africa.

I included a few more photos of the African penguin with the last

picture also featuring my husband. If you look closely, you'll see some

penguins taking shelter under the boulders that he is standing on.

Don't miss out on my follow up post, because I'll include pictures of my kids.

This dassie is on the look out.

Another dassie joins him.

Then the family of dassies arrive.
My first time seeing a baby dassie.

This dassie blends in well against the boulders.

An African penguin hanging out alone.

An African penguin in black and white.

More African penguins resting on the boulders.

Peek a boo!
African penguins taking shelter
and my hubby posing.

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Boulders Beach, Cape Town - 2

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Boulders Beach is protected from the wind and waves by the huge boulders surrounding it. This makes it ideal for families with small kids, because it's relatively safe for the little ones. We could even walk through the water to the strip of beach on the other side, but Amanda wasn't tall enough to do it without assistance. You can see by these pictures that we had a lot of fun. Click on the images to view them bigger.

Amanda can't wait to get in the water.

Amanda

Amanda

Amanda in Black and White

Amanda

Jessica and Jeremiah

Jessica and Jeremiah

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Boulders Beach, Cape Town - 1

Here is the first of my photos at Boulders Beach. You can see the sign to the left stating that we had finally arrived at our destination. We were too eager to see the protected African Penguins and the beach to want to stop by the sign. I've got loads of great shots to share with you today of my kids and the penguins. From the pictures, you'll quickly see why it's called Boulders Beach. Also, the penguins are wild, so even though we could walk right up to them, it was not allowed. I observed two people with cameras doing just that, when two people in uniform appeared and told them to move away. It's good to know that the penguins truly are being protected.

I also won last week's black and white competition, so I hope you take the time to go right to the bottom of this post and check it out. Thanks!

Boulders Beach Entrance

Boulders Beach Entrance

Jessica and Samantha

Amanda and Jeremiah
We were waiting while Hubby bought the tickets to enter.

African Penguins

African Penguins

Amanda and Samantha on the boulders

Amanda and the Penguins

African Penguins

African Penguins

Black and White Photo
of African Penguins

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My photo of the fence on the beach was a black and white winner! You can check it out at Like Christmas Everyday. At the same time, my photo of the puppies at the SPCA on Amanda's Books and More won 3rd place. Both pictures are featured, so take a look!

Driving to Boulders Beach, Cape Town - Part 4

As you can see from my previous photos, the road we were on goes along the coast, so does the train and a foot path. We went through Muizenburg, Kalk Bay, Fish Hoek and Simon's Town on our way to our destination.