One of my best friends lives in a gorgeous little apartment in Kalk Bay, a fishing village on the coast of False Bay here in South Africa and I love visiting. Sometimes the traffic gets really congested along the narrow beach front main road, so I always have time to soak in the scenic route and take a few photographs along the way. Kalk Bay is a suburb of greater Cape Town and
lies between the ocean and sharply rising mountains. The place has a retro feel and is filled with
quirky bohemian shops, antiques, crafts and superb restaurants. I love the year
round holiday atmosphere, relaxed people and surfers that ride the breakers. This
fishing village, with a natural harbour, is one of Cape Town’s trendiest
seaside villages with a long fishing history. Visiting Kalk Bay is my time to slow down into ‘timelessness’,
to laugh, chat and amble down cobbled streets with my best friend. We do pretty
much the same things every time we meet...take a long lazy walk with the dog to
the beach, clean up and go out to one of the many seaside restaurants where we
can soak up the sun, feel the breeze and enjoy the community. It takes a while
to get back to the apartment because we stop at almost all the arts & craft
stalls, pottery, fashion and clothing stalls, antique stores, book stores,
jewellery stores, curios and bric-a-brac shops all the way home.
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