33.04 Cape Town: Newlands Ravine route to Devils Peak...another wow.
The fynbos, so attractive and covering much of the region, with Lion's Head below and to the west. On the day before we hiked up Devils Peak via Newlands Ravine, we undertook a fast. Whether the fast should have slowed us down or sped us up, we don't know. We are often confused so it was another dilemma. It seems silly that fasting should have a slowing effect on a person. One might expect that fasting would quicken a person's pace rather than slowing it. Anyway, the hike proved to be strenuous because we were still in fast mode or should that read 'slow' or perhaps because it actually was tough. Whatever the case, this 5-part trailblazer had us feeling very tired when we returned to the car. Our vehicles realize that we almost always return in a completely different mode from departure. When eventually they drive and Google for themselves, who knows what they'll believe we get up to on the trails. The first section was up a steep incline followed by a...