Day 4 in SA

Wednesday after getting back from the homestay and eating lunch on the ship Evergreen, Jennifer, Caren, and I took a bus tour that we could get on and off of all day.  We went to Kristenbosh Botanical Gardens, which are apparently the 7th best botanical gardens in the world.  It was very beautiful, especially with Table Mountain in the background.  I took a lot of pictures of flowers.  We were only there for an hour and a half because we had to catch the bus again so we could go to the world of birds.  The world of birds was a bird sanctuary started by a guy who really loved birds.  It was really neat to walk around the enclosures and see all different sorts of birds native to South Africa and then some that we have in the US like turkeys, Canada Geese, pigeons, and ducks.  There were some very colorful African birds as well but I just thought that it was funny to see these common birds there too.  They also had some mammals like tons of guinea pigs, small monkeys, yellow baboons, alpacas, and goats.  We were only at the World of Birds for 40 minutes because that was when the last bus that was coming through was leaving.  It was another hour or so before we got back to the waterfront area but the commentary on the bus was funny and informative.