The Imagining the Ordinary City conference appears to have been a success (more on that later). After a day recovering I took a trip about an hour south of Cape Town proper, to Boulders Beach, in the old naval base town of Simon’s Town. Just south of the naval base there is a protected colony of African ‘Jackass’ Penguins, so named because they sometimes bray like donkeys. It’s a bit uncanny hearing such a big sound coming out of such a small bird. Here’s the obligatory penguin walking video.
