Saturday- Muizenberg Kite Festival

Saturday, Sean and I went down to Muizenberg for the annual kite festival. The train ride down to the beach towns is always lovely, but it was weirdly crowded with white South African teenagers-very uncommon and we’re still not sure where they were headed. When we got there, we walked along the beach- the wind blew up a storm so we were covered in sand. There were a ton of wind surfers, and a lot of them were getting picked up off the water just flying in the air.

The Muizenberg bathhouses

After realizing the festival was on an inland park and not the beach, we headed to the entrance. The fee was R10 ($1.20) which all went to the Cape Mental Hospital. The kites were great! My favorite was a diver-the wind made her look like she was swimming underwater-with little fish kites attached. All the colors were gorgeous against the mountain backdrop. Plenty of booths were also set up to provide us with our much desired boerewors rolls.

The kites-the diver is near the bottom on the left!