The gem of a local haunt that is Fish Hoek Beach (Photo-essay)

On the very first morning of my South Africa visit, I went to the local beach in the southern suburb of Cape Town that I stayed in for the first half of the trip.  Located approximately 34 kilometers away from the center of the Mother City, the 1.5-kilometer-long beach at Fish Hoek, the waters going up to it and the area surrounding it are quite the sights to behold.  In fact, so lovely did I find it that I ended up going there twice more before I left the area! 

Although it's already summer in South Africa, it most definitely was not warm enough for me to be willing to do much more than dip a few centimeters of my feet into the water.  Instead, I was content to stroll along Jager's Walk, the path leading around the side of the beach, and also set foot for a bit on Fish Hoek Beach's wonderfully fine sands -- unlike the intrepid (and insane?) women and men (the majority of them past retirement age!) who braved the cold to swim in the waters of False Bay, even during windy conditions that accompanied temperatures low enough for me to consider it flannel shirt weather...

Early morning at Fish Hoek Beach but the sun was 

already high up in the sky and shining very brightly

So strongly did the sun shine that when I aimed my camera

directly at it, it turned color into black, white, silver and gray! 

Rest assured though that I did manage to snap

some colorful shots of the surroundings ;b

So you, too, can marvel at how blue 

and clear the waters were! :)

The second morning I went to the beach, 

Puppet Ponyo made sure to tag along :)

With the tide on the low side, there was lots of beach to 

walk on -- and admire the views from it -- in the morning 

At "golden hour", I loved the look of the silhouettes in the distance

 I also enjoyed the different colors that I can't actually

decide look cool or warm, so I'll say that they were both ;b