Nothing like fresh air and exercise to get your appetite up.

Jason had a good spread ready for us by the time we got off out bikes. Loads of sandwiches, an awesome potato salad, juice and fresh fruit for desert. The hordes descended and we ate our fill.

There was a roving band of baboons in the distance. They seemed to be enjoying some kind of baboon version of tag.

The next stop was Cape Point. This is nearly the southern tip of Africa. The actual southern most point is Cape Agulhas, 150 kilometers to the east. There are two different lighthouses on Cape Point and it offers some very dramatic hiking. Baboons frequent here and can be a real nuisance.

After Cape Point we headed out for a longer hike to the Cape of Good Hope. We walked along the cliffs and explored a nearly deserted beach. If it had been warmer I could have gone for a swim, but the water around is about 15 Celsius.

Some of the locals were keeping an eye on us. These birds are amazing. Their eggs can withstand over 100 kilograms of weight before breaking and each one holds the equivalent of 2 dozen chicken eggs.

I really like to watch them run. They look like women with big skirts.

Some of the worst fires in decades swept though part of the Cape in January of 2000. Many places were already starting to show green shoots of life. Others only bore quiet testimony to the wrath of fire.