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In that year, the British first mate (John. Chapman) not only named a beautiful bay after himself, but also overbearing a steep mountain. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 InfoChapman'Speak (Chapman Peak) is located between Houtbay and Noordhoek, which is recognized as one of the most beautiful cliffs in the world, and BMW, Mercedes and other world-famous cars have filmed promotional videos on Chapman Road.

In 1910, after the establishment of the Union of South Africa, it was decided to build a road ("B" in the road map) by carving rocks into the cliffs. It took seven years from 1915 to 1922 and cost R40,000 to build by freed prisoners, and was completed on 6 May 1922, which was considered a feat at the time.

But since then, it has been closed several times in the nearly century it has been so far. Once, because a boulder on the mountain killed a pedestrian, the family sued the Cape Town City Council in court for compensation, resulting in the entire 90s The mountain road was almost closed; After reopening in the late 90s, some sections of the road were closed in 2002 due to heavy rainfalls.

It was reopened in 2005 and identified as a toll road, but it was closed again on 19 June 2008 shortly after passage and was not reopened until the Cape Town City Council spent a lot of money to build a semi-open tunnel and set up a number of protective nets to ensure the safety of passing vehicles.

In South Africa, highway tolls are very low, and many roads are free, but in order to subsidize the cost of reconstruction and maintenance, this section of only 7 or 8 kilometers will charge tens of rand depending on the size of the vehicle, but despite this, it still attracts many motorists to experience it, including motorcyclists and cyclists.

It's a pity that Yunluo rushed here all the way in his heart, but because of the weather. You may not be able to enjoy the magnificent view of the rough Atlantic Ocean on one side and the steep cliffs cut by a knife on the other, but you can still feel the steepness of the cliff road even in the thick clouds.

In the southern part of the Cape Peninsula is a massive nature reserve established in 1939 covering 7,750 hectares of coastline with more than 40 kilometres of coastline. The famous CapeGoodhope and Capepoint are located in this protected area ("C" in the road map).

In January 1488, Diasz's fleet arrived at Ludrets, now Namibia, where the fleet encountered a strong storm, and most of the crew, suffering from illness and storms, were reluctant to continue the adventure, and several times asked to return, but Dias insisted on heading south. The fleet was carried by the storm and drifted in the ocean for 13 days and nights.

Unknowingly, I bypassed the Cape of Good Hope. In February 1488, the fleet passed the Cape of Good Hope again on its way back from Mosselbay. Describing this exciting moment, the Portuguese historian Barros wrote: "The crew gazed in amazement at this magnificent headland, which had been hidden for centuries.

Not only did they find an abrupt promontory. And a new world was discovered. The emotional Dias named it "Cape Storm" based on his experience.

In 1497, another Portuguese navigator Da. Gamma then led the fleet to explore a new route to India. On November 27 of that year, Da. Gamma's fleet rounded the Cape of Good Hope and sailed to Calicut, an important town on the west coast of India, on 20 May of the following year, and returned to Lisbon around 1 September 1499.

Today, there are two most common theories about the origin of the name "Cape of Good Hope": one is that Diaz told João II about the "Cape of Storms" after returning to Lisbon in December 1488. João II thought that bypassing this cape would give him hope of reaching the coveted India.

Therefore, the "Cape of the Storm" was renamed the "Cape of Good Hope"; Another way to put it is to reach . Gamma returns from India. It was only then that King Manuel I of Portugal renamed Cape Storm to the Cape of Good Hope, in recognition of the good fortune that would come with bypassing this cape.

Regardless of the truth, it is an indisputable fact that the Cape of Good Hope is stormy and the waves are rough. In addition to the continuous convergence of cold and warm air currents, the generation of huge waves here is also closely related to the local sea conditions and geographical environment. The Cape of Good Hope is in the prevailing westerly belt, and the westerly winds are strong.

Category 11 winds are commonplace. This is the external cause of the formation of the Great Wave; The Southern Hemisphere is a hemisphere with a small land and vast waters, known as the "Water Hemisphere" since ancient times, the Cape of Good Hope is close to 40 degrees south latitude, and here to the Antarctic Circle is a large hydrosphere around the earth, and the vast sea area is undoubtedly another reason for the generation of huge waves.

Furthermore. In the vast sea, the sudden lateral blocking effect of the sea current on the land of the Cape of Good Hope is also an important reason for the formation of huge waves. For this reason, Western countries often refer to the prevailing westerly winds in the southern hemisphere as the "roaring westerly winds" and the Cape of Good Hope's shipping route to the "Ghost Gate".

Because of the heavy wind and rain, the signage has become the only attraction that everyone can take pictures of, pay attention! This is the southwesternmost corner of Africa, not the southernmost corner, where the Atlantic and Indian oceans really meet in Auglhascape, and in 3 days, the clouds will go there.

I wanted to go a little deeper, but it was really difficult to walk, so I had to give up, so I didn't deeply feel the legendary waves. Piles of seaweed were left in the cracks of the reef, and Xiao Zhou said that he once took a little seaweed that looked relatively fine and took it home to cook, and it was not cooked for n hours.

As much as seaweed, there is also an unknown dense little bug, which is a little creepy to see the clouds, and students with dense phobia should not look at the photos easily.

The Cape of Good Hope is a long, slender rocky headland that plunges like a sharp sword into the bottom of the sea. If you want to see it clearly, you have to climb Cape Point, which is not far away, and there is a road from here that you can climb directly through, which takes about 1 hour.

It only takes 3 or 5 minutes to drive to Cape Point, and you can walk the trail or take the cable car to Cape Point. There is no visibility at all. After getting out of the car, I went to the souvenir shop first, bought a postcard and got it postmarked.

The stamps are in the hotel, and the stamps here are just sold out, so I can't send them on the spot, because there are tour groups, and I tip a little time. When I came out, the rain actually stopped, and I resolutely gave up the cable car and walked onto the trail.

The air after the rain is fresher, and when I walked to the lighthouse at the top in one breath, I was a little breathless, or Nalan Shiqi was amazing, in the end, I walked slowly for 2 hours in the morning and swam for 2 hours in the afternoon, and my physical strength was far more than that of Yunluo. The lighthouse was built in 1857. Because the Cape of Good Hope is often foggy.

The lighthouse did not function well, and was abandoned in 1919 and converted into an observation deck, and a sign was erected outside the lighthouse, which clearly stated the distance between the ten famous cities in the world and the lighthouse, including the capital. The new lighthouse was built under the cliff and the fog was too great to be seen.

Underneath the old lighthouse there is a souvenir point and an information center. I liked the things placed in the souvenir shop, which always had an antique taste. And Nalan Shiqi studied the world geography for a long time in front of that globe.

On the way down the mountain, a little bit of clouds and fog dispersed, and finally saw the true face of the Cape of Good Hope - a big claw! On this windy and rainy day, the headland was calm, and the Atlantic Ocean was as calm as the Great West Lake.

Maybe the rain stopped, when it came out of the reserve. The baboons came out to block the way, Nalan Shiqi also wanted to roll down the window to take pictures, but was immediately stopped by Yunluo and Xiao Zhou, when he saw the thick cotton clothes worn by the staff, Nalan Shiqi also realized that this group of apes was not so docile.

Exit the Cape of Good Hope and head north. After more than 20 minutes, we arrived at the last attraction of the day, Penguin Beach. In Simontown, on the east coast of Cape Town, there is a small cove called "Boulder" ("D" in the road map), where two pairs of penguins roosted in 1982.

As a result of the local population's protection, the number of penguins settling here has increased, and the local government and animal protection organizations have made it a nature reserve. After 20 to 30 years of breeding, more than 3,000 penguins live on this 2-kilometre-long beach.

South African penguins, also known as S. demersus africanpenguin (African penguin), are different from the Antarctic species, also known as spot-billed ringed penguins, or black-footed penguins, and are a more precious species. In 1910, there were about 1.5 million penguins in Africa, due to the massive pillage of penguin eggs and marine pollution.

By the end of the 20th century, the African penguin population had plummeted by 90% and continues to decline. African penguins are about 63 cm long, the breeding period is between November and March, they generally lay 2 to 4 eggs, hatch for 28 days, and feed baby penguins for up to 3 months.

Good at diving and swimming, but not flying. Penguins are role models of monogamy, and once recognized, penguins and couples are inseparable for life. I always see a single penguin standing there looking into the distance, I don't know if it's the lonely one who is missing his other half.

The road leading to the ticket office is a long boardwalk, where you can see penguins in a daze in the bushes, and if you don't want to buy a ticket and just want to see real penguins, you can fulfill your wishes on that road.

But when you go inside, the feeling is still amazing. The blue sea and blue sky, fine sand and white beach, thousands of little cuties in tuxedos, some look up to the sky and ponder, some enter the sea and laugh, some entertain themselves, this is the territory of penguins, only they can walk on the beach, tourists can only walk on the special plank road.

Reluctantly said goodbye to Penguin Beach, and on the way back to Cape Town, I saw the railway line built along the coast, which is definitely a viewing line. South Africa's railways are relatively narrow, and it is said that this special size can prevent the lines from being easily occupied by other countries. Because of security concerns.

Most of the people who took the railway in South Africa were local blacks, and later found that the train station in the town was simpler than the subway station, just a small house, and it felt like the train was like a light rail.

It takes about 40 minutes to drive to the city of Cape Town, because I will leave here tomorrow, Xiao Zhou took Yunluo to see "Longstreet" ("E" in the road map), thinking that the hotel was near there, and he could go out for a stroll at night.

I didn't expect it to be a little far away. In fact, there is only a short section of "Longstreet" where it is really lively, and since it is not yet dark, the restaurants and cafes on both sides of the street are not yet lively, but the parking spaces are almost full.

After a good walk, I found that what is more attractive than "Longstreet" is a striking "broken bridge". South Africa has the best infrastructure in Africa, and Cape Town is a very modern city. More than 30 years ago, the construction of a viaduct began in the urban area of Cape Town.

During the construction of the viaduct, the government and the residents along the line initially negotiated a relocation plan, but after the construction began, the son of the family who was located next to the "broken bridge" returned, he did not agree to sell the land, and persuaded his father not to sign the contract for the sale of the land with the government, because the land transfer contract had not been signed beforehand.

The government had no choice but to reroute and close out. South African law clearly states that individual ownership of land is sacrosanct. This is why the Cape Town government has been able to move the poor or homeless people living on land that do not belong to them in the urban area to the suburbs.

Now, the son of the family who opposed the sale of the land at that time has become the heir to the land, and has built a large-scale hotel on the land, and continues to enjoy the pleasure of the "nail household" leisurely in the face of the "monuments" left behind at that time.

In Cape Town, there are four such "broken bridges". In addition to the reason of "nail households", there are also two "broken bridges" because of the "tofu slag" project, which are left to warn latecomers. In one of them, the viaduct collapsed halfway through construction due to fraudulent construction materials.

As a result, three construction workers were killed instantly. For this, the then director of the Construction Bureau was sentenced to 3 years in prison. Originally, the government was going to dismantle the viaduct built with inferior materials, but Cape Town Radio broadcast a letter from the family of the deceased to all citizens, which read.

Bleeding wounds will leave scars forever, and a city that does not recognize its scars is hypocritical, and the city of Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo needs not only beauty, but also a brave quality. Don't let shame leave easily, even if it contains pain. Let the broken bridge always warn Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo, so that Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo can do better in the future. (To be continued.) )

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