The West Coast
in Western Cape
in South Africa welcome
you with golden wheat fields to coastal villages. The friendly, peaceful atmosphere
of the West Coast surrounds you like a whale's song and nature greets you with
awesome splendour. The people, strong and proud. Real people.
They know hard times but always feel blessed by Nature's bounty. Their respect
for the sea is evident in the tales they tell. It is their life, their bread
and butter. Snoek season arrives and barefoot children offer to 'vlek' (gut
and clean) your fish for 50c. At the end of the day they proudly take home their
earnings or buy a well deserved ice-cream. Then they wait for their fathers
to return from the sea. The West Coast includes towns like Langebaan,
Saldahna, Lamberts
Bay, Alexander
Bay, Strandfontein
and Elands Bay