According to our fellow travelers, this was the longest day of our trip as we were headed to the airport and our nineteen hour trip back to New York. Our last breakfast in this beautiful country was one to remember – guava juice, fresh fruit, yogurt, warm pastries, eggs cooked to order, if one had room, and for me, rooibos tea. After our checkout, we took one more trip through the West Coast National Park, counting tortoises on our way. We all met at the same farm store we had previously visited and Chris got his last Magnum bar. 
Nita and I headed into Cape Town to spend some time in the Victoria and Albert Mall on the waterfront for last minute shopping and lunch before heading to the airport. It was large and quite upscale and we ate our last South African meal in a Portuguese cuisine restaurant. The presentation of the vegetarian platter we ordered was almost too pretty to eat so we took our time to enjoy it while watching the boats in the inlet.
The trip to the airport was rather harried but the signage on the N2 was easy to follow. We met Chris and Linda in the International Airport and finished spending most of of ZAR money. After saying our last goodbyes, we boarded our separate planes, ours to Dakar, Senegal and back to the USA, via New York City where I spent Thanksgiving with my daughter and her family.
To be continued with my post trip thoughts and — maybe some more pictures!
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