5 Days in Cape Town: Day 5 Table Mountain
If you missed the earlier posts, be sure to read Day 1, Day 2, Day 3 and Day 4. We decided to have a lazy start to the day so it was late morning by the time we took our last stroll to the…
5 Days in Cape Town: Day 4 Robben Island
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5 Days in Cape Town: Day 3 Canopy Walk, Coffee and Colored Houses
If you missed my earlier posts, be sure to read about Day 1 and Day 2. Our third day was a Sunday. We got moving fairly early so that the photographers could take advantage of the early morning light at Kirstenbosch and so we could…
5 Days in Cape Town: Day 2 Driving Round the Peninsula
If you missed, Day 1 of our trip, you can catch up here. Breakfast Day 2 was a Saturday and we started the day with breakfast at the Oranjezicht City Farmers Market just 5 minutes from our apartment. My sister-in-law and the fitter members of…
5 Days in Cape Town: Day 1 Waterfront and Winefarms
Overview Our trip took place in late May. The weather was mild, and as we were visiting in off-peak season prices were lower than in the summer and nothing was crowded. We = two adults + 2 teens (our daughter and her friend). We would…
Clock tower at Cape Town Waterfront, now and then.
This clock tower was the original Port Captain’s office at the Cape Town harbor, built in 1882. The clock itself was imported from Edinburgh and placed in a gothic style tower. An amazing fact is the red color of the tower is exactly the same…
The beautiful Clifton Beach in Cape Town
This photo was taken with the tiny Sony RX100 camera on Clifton Beach in Cape Town. I had my other camera set up on a tripod nearby and I was experimenting with this camera on a gorilla pod. The colors of the plants and the…
Camps Bay, South Africa
I have had two back to back trips to Africa this year. The first was to Mozambique and the second to Kenya and Ethiopia. While down in Southern Africa, I took a quick trip to Cape Town over the weekend. I figured this was better…
Cape Town – the best city in the world?
OK so I have been silent for a while. No excuse, just busy. But it hasn’t been a lack of travel. I have been to Japan and China recently and am on my way home from Mozambique and South Africa. In 2 weeks I head…
Boulders Beach near Cape Town
Its not hard to see why this beach is called Boulders. It is in a village called Simon’s Town just outside of Cape Town. Nearby is a large colony of penguins. You can read more about it on our post on Day 2 in Cape…