This is a photo of the beach at Monterey. Saleem and I spent a Sunday driving along the coast and stopped here for lunch. I at least put my toes in the water (which was freezing!) but Saleem was too chicken to even walk on the sand. We still can't believe that Faizy swam here in January!! The coast is absolutely spectacular with beautiful beaches on the one side and tall cliffs on the other, very reminiscent of the drive along Chapman's Peak. We saw two whales cavorting in the ocean and the weekend after we'd been there were a few shark sightings very close to the swimming beaches, but TV reports said they did not appear to be displaying aggressive behaviour - not sure what that means!
A very peculiar sight along the coast is that farming takes place right along the ocean. We saw all trypes of berry farms as well as vegetable farms - the Santa Clara area gros the most delicious fruit and veg. We didn't stop at any of these farms but will do so when we drive to Los Angeles and maybe we'll be able to find out how they're able to do this.
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