Bloubergstrand ...

It is a hum­bling exper­i­ence watch­ing a child have their first exper­i­ence of the beach, some­thing that I as a Capetonian often take for gran­ted. My cousin and her 13 month old son came down to Cape Town from Johannesburg for a visit.

The day they arrived was quite a typ­ical summer’s day, hot with a bit of wind and we decided that it would be a great oppor­tun­ity to go down to the beach, after all the little guy could have his first taste (lit­er­ally) of the beach sand and see the sea ...

We took a drive down to Bloubergstrand and parked in the park­ing lot near the Dolphin Beach Complex, which I might add is home to the Blowfish Restaurant which serves deli­cious sushi and sea­food. The wind can be quite strong in this part of Cape Town and this makes it great for some, but unpleas­ant for oth­ers. It is clearly vis­ible that the kite surfers find this area fant­astic by the vast num­ber of them you will find on almost any given day.

Nonetheless we braved the wind, wrapped some tow­els around us and pro­ceeded along. The little guy was abso­lutely mes­mer­ised by the beach sand and promptly sat down on it and poured it through his fin­gers almost imme­di­ately as his feet touched the sand.

Once we had moved him out of the way of all the foot traffic and found a spot to sit, he tasted the sand and looked quite pleased with him­self. All the while fix­ing his eyes on the vari­ous, col­our­ful can­op­ies of the num­ber of kite’s in the sky and around him on the beach.

We decided to walk him down to the sea so that he could stick his toes in the water. This little guy walked with no fear headed straight for the cold crash­ing waves of the Atlantic Ocean while hold­ing mom’s hand and almost pulling her for­ward. Squealing with delight as the end of the waves ran over his toes it was def­in­itely a fun experience.

Next, we decided to head down the paved walk­way for a stroll so that we were not in the way of the kite fly­ers who were fly­ing large kites at the waters edge. We had a lovely view of Table Mountain and all the kite surfers who were per­form­ing a num­ber of tricks in the water. To round off the after­noon we treated ourselves to a soft serve ice cream from the Milky Lane.

If you are won­der­ing how to spend a lazy after­noon the I sug­gest mak­ing your way down to Bloubergstrand where you can find a sheltered spot and work on that sum­mer tan, take a stroll along the beach or just find a quiet spot and watch the vari­ous activ­it­ies hap­pen­ing on the beach and in the waves. This turned out to be such a spe­cial day and will be etched into my memory forever. Why not go and make your own memories?

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