We could have spent more than six nights in Cape Town but it was time to head to the west coast. I was feeling poorly and it was bleak and overcast when we arrived to Paternoster, and I was disappointed. But it got better; we had some sea sounds and a fireplace. A good meal at The Noisy Oyster, where we met Mark and Vanessa, who gave us a lot of hints about what to see on our way to Johannesburg. On the way to the Weat Coast, we stopped at little known West Coast National Park, with fantastic bird blinds from where we watched numerous birds like spoonbills and flamingoes. Then, onto Stellenbosch!