We finally came down off the mountains and I had made a lunch reservation at The Restaurant at the End of The Continent The views were exceptional, in fact they were even better than usual for this venue After lunch we continued along the coast. The weather was so good that even the Ostriches were out for a walk at the sea As we continued we saw many handsome Hartlaub's Gulls. Although the distribution for this Gull extends all the way up into NAmibia, half of the total population is...
Err . . . did I say “perfection”
Is it possible for something to more perfect than perfect? Today's walk was just that. It started-off OK: It was still pretty good when we stopped for a snack but then it just got crazy beautiful to the point where we were laughing with disbelief and joy ...
The wreck of The Kakapo
We walked across the pure white sands of Noordhoek Beach. This is how it looked before we crossed it: . . . . and this is how it looked as we crossed it (watch this space for more about that guy on the left, with the sunglasses and black cap!). We inspected the remains of the wreck of the Kakapo and empathised with Captain Nicholayson, whose error parked the ship here on the beach in 1900. We were very forunate to see this beautiful "Early Blue Disa" (Disa purpurascens): Since i received a special...
Getting into our stride
I can't believe that I only have 24 more days of walking left in the forthcoming month! Today my new Finnish and Estonian friends from Olympia Travel (www.olympia.fi) completed a fairly long but very beautiful walk along the Cape Peninsula Mountaibuy cheap cialisns. It is impossible to depict in photographs just how beautiful it was today but here are a few attempts: The Table Mountain sandstone cliffs provided a breathtaking backdrop. ...
WALK WALK WALK
I'm exceptionally fortunate that my work often requires me to walk in the most beautiful locations. And over the next 29 days I will be walking for 26 of these days - on mountains and beaches and in the most biodiverse plant kingdom in the world. I pcialis saleromise to share the highlights of these walks too. Today was the first day of this walking episode. I started a four-day walk with a group of Finns and Estonians for Olympia Travel www.olympia.fi and Into Africa www. intoafrica.com. We could not have...
BLOOD ROOT
They go by a whole array of common names: Butterfly Lily, Red Root, Spider Flower, Coffee Bean . . . but whatever you call them, the flowers of Wachendorfia paniculata are delightful. They are commonly seen on walking trails on Table Mountaibuy levitra 20mgn and around Cape Town. They are from the Blood Root family, so named because their rhizomes are deep red in colour and can be used to make a dye. If you look carefully at the accompanying photograph you will notice something unique about these flowers. Two of the...
Cape Town’s oldest theatre
St. Stephen’s Church on Riebeek square in central Cape Town is the only Dutch Reformed church named after a saint. But the story runs a little deeper than that. The building was erected during the first British occupation as a theatre which opened onviagra price the 17th November 1800; consequently making it the oldest theatre in South Africa and the only theatre to become a church. Back under Dutch regime for a little while it was called the Afrikaansche Schouwburg or simply the Komediehuis. With the official emancipation of...
JAN VAN RIEBEEK – Before and after The Cape
Most of us are unaware of the fact that Jan Van Riebeek only spent ten years of his life at the Cape. The legacy he left behind however is one of epic proportion. Statues, Street names, river names, school names, suburb nlevitra no prescriptionames, town names, you name it, it’s called Riebeek. But who was the man before and after the Cape? To begin with, he was born in Culemborg in the Netherlands as Johan Anthoniszoon van Riebeeck on 21 April 1619 as the son of a surgeon. Jan grew up...
HONEYMOON ON THE MOUNTAIN
John & Katy, from Los Angeles chose South Africa for their honeymoon. They also decided to conquer Table Mountain while on Honeymoon. I think that they had a great idea. Walking up the mountain is a slower more social experience than rushing up aorder cheap cialis onlinend down in a Cable Car. Anyway, once they’ve conquered the ascent of Table mountain together, they’ll be better equipped to conquer all future challenges they face together! Congratulations to John & Katy. [caption id="attachment_568" align="aligncenter" width="528" caption="Hiking up Table Mountain"][/caption] ...
Slave Sex Scandal
Sex is an awesomely powerful force about which we prefer not to talk. However its force is blatantly obvious. Just look at how many people there are on the planet! We are pretty accustomed to the historical stories of free white mbuy cialis onlineembers of society taking sexual advantage of enslaved women. What doesn’t get much airtime are the historical interracial romances which involved willing partners – and there are many of these. The juiciest bit of scandal that we have so far discovered involved Hester Jansz. She was a...