Bluewater Bay

Bluewater Bay

I have been living in Bluewater Bay for the past 4 months. I have had many questions and concerns about my living situation here in South Africa. Here are a few photos so everyone from home can see exactly where I am living. Hopefully it will put some worries to rest.

My neighborhood

Beach

Bluewater Bay riverfront

View from the riverfront

When the water level is low, as you can see in the picture,

fisherman often walk out in the river to fish.

Bluewater Bay riverfront. I often run the riverfront

to the beach for my workouts.

My workout stairs. Ed would be so proud.

Sunset outside my front door.

I am working out almost every day. I can walk to the gym to lift. I run the riverfront to the beach and run the stairs to get the heart beating. Most times I drive to the beach for my bare foot beach run just along the water’s edge. On Friday mornings Lauren joins me for an extreme beach work out consisting of sand sprints, push ups, abs, and water bottle arm lifts. I know ED is smiling at me right now.

By far my most favorite workout are my bare foot beach runs. The run is challenging because I have to jump over dead jelly fish, which have washed up on the shore, and maneuver through hundreds of small sea snails. At night I call my friend Dion and ask to borrow his dog.

Yes, you read correctly. Dion and Steph own three labs, one yellow and two blacks. The male is yellow and the two blacks are female. Close to sunset I call up Dion and ask to borrow the youngest dog, Sandy, to walk with on the beach. I only take Sandy because she is the only dog who is trained and will not run off on me. On our walks we have seen whales and dolphins from the Bluewater Bay beach. Have I convinced anyone to come visit me? If not there is also a tennis court nearby which is covered in monkeys at sunset. Bluewater Bay is truly a beautiful area and I am definitely taking advantage of the beautiful scenery.