Today we had a really great adventure.  We went on a safari to a place called Fairy Glen Safari in Worcester which is about 1 hour northeast of Cape Town.  See www.fairyglensafaris.co.za
It was so cool sitting in the 4X4 and stopping about 15 feet from a lion so I could take a picture --  Wow!  We were lucky enough to see elephants, ostriches, rhino, zebras, wildebeast, oryx, springbuck gazelles, west african buffalo as well as the lions so we could take great pictures. The animals are on a 2000 acre piece of land that is surrounded by mountains; they are free roaming but there are electric fences all around the grounds.  Included in the price is a great buffet lunch.  It was an absolutely amazing experience that lasted 2.5 hours and well worth the time and money.
When we got back to Muizenberg with our beautiful beaches there was a crowd of Africans that numbered in the thousands -- I would say at least 3,000 if not more.  I don't think I have ever seen that many people anywhere.  (Keep in mind that South Africa is 80%+ black.)  We asked one lady while we were stuck in traffic what was going on and she said that it's a holiday so everyone goes to the beach. We found out later  that it is a tradition here in South Africa for all of the residents who can to go to the beach to celebrate New Year's Day and I think they were all in Muizenberg.  We were definitely a minority.  The one advantage to being in South Africa is that everyone speaks english since there are so many dialects here in the continent of Africa that english was the only way to go.  The only problem with that is that the english is British english which can be mixed with the africanese that can also add to the confusion.  Just tends to make things more interesting.