Springtime with ice plants
The Cape Floral Kingdom must be the most exciting place to be in the spring. Once the flowering begins it seems as if wave after wave of flower displays role in to delight us. For me, the appearance of the first Chasmanthe blooms heralds the buy viagra onlinestart of spring but it is the ice plants (Aizoaceae) that make me aware that summer is almost upon us. Most of the thousands of species in this plant family (which was previously known as Mesembryanthemaceae) are adapted to living...
Genuine Scottish Heather!
Gill & Jim Young are Scottish and have come with me on many exciting flower-filled adventures over the past years, including several walks on Table Mountain. When Gill saw my most recent post about the heathers in Belgium, she sent me generic cialisthe following: I took this photo of a heather moorland near our house last Saturday. The moorland is used for grouse shooting which began on AugustTips On How To Win Back My Ex Girlfriend From New Boyfriend 12th. A section of the moor is burned every...
Monster flood in the Okavango
Many visitors to The Okavango Delta struggle with the apparent paradox of an annual flood in the dry season followed by receding waters in the rainy season. The reason for this apparent paradox is that the waters which contribute to the flood origviagra canadainate in the Angolan highlands and it takes several months for the waters from this rainfall to make its way into The Okavamgo River and percolate through the Okavango Delta. This year the flood level is at a record high. I have just returned from the...
Refreshingly outdated airport
It is safari season and so I must leave Table Mountain walks for a while and continue my adventuring further north for a short while. I am en route to The Okavango Delta in Botswana and yesterday evening I landed at Francistown international viagra 100mgairport. I flew from Cape Town airport via Oliver Tambo airport in Johannesburg to Francistown. These South African airports have recently been renovated and modernised and now compete in image and content with the largest shopping centres in the world. To me it...
A lion in Cape Town
Although it is difficult to imagine today, there were once lions in what is now Cape Town. In fact the first representative of the EastIndia Company - Jan van Riebeck noted in his journal in 1659 that the remains of one of his soldiers had been digeneric viagra indiascovered not far from the fort. Most likely this poor soul had been eaten by either a lion or hyena. Today, Capetonians refer to the hill on the western side of the city as "the lion" because it resembles a recumbent lion,...
Zzzzzziplining
Just for change I headed into the interior with my family to try some ziplining. This ziplining course is in Ceres and includes the longest zipline in South Africa. There are some dramatic views and some seriously high lines. But it is superfun. Please contact us if you want more info or you want to book a trip. ...
History has never been this easy
If you live in Cape Town, when last did you visit the Castle? I’ve never been to the Castle; a shocking admission for someone who has lived here for 19 years. Equally shocking is the pathetic amount of walking I do, for someone who works foviagra costr a company called Walk In Africa. On Friday, though, I did both. I was finally chased out from behind my desk to do the two-hour city walk “Sex and Slaves in the City – the Theatre Tour”. My idea of...
Table Mountain and Cederberg Walks
I'm currently travelling and walking in the gorgeous Cederberg Range. I still have news and photographs of my last Table Mountain Walk to share as well as stories and images from the Klein Karoo, my walk to Heuningvlei and Krakadouw Pass and the exgeneric viagraquisite Bushman's Kloof Retreat. Unfortunately internet access out here is extremely limited and when available, upload speeds are glacially slow. I am therefore forced to delay publication of the images I have collected over the past weeks. So please be patient while I gather...
Sex & Slaves in the City
Yes, I know that I have been somewhat tardy about uploading regular blogs. And I have been suitably chastised by several of our regular readers. The reason for my tardiness is that I have been distracted and consumed by the (re)launch of our phenomenal Sex & Slaves in the City "tour". I hesitate to use the word "tour", because Dean and Samantha have elevated this to the status of superb street theatre. They have taken a well researched narrative about the lives of slaves at the Cape and with humour, choreography and...
Table Mountain, National Flower, Provincial Flower, National Tree etc
This time of year is probably the least attractive in terms of flower diversity on Table Mountain. The reason is that it is the harshest time of year for plants. The Cape Doctor (southeaster) has been howling, the sun has been baking, temperatures hacialis buy onlineve soared and there has been no substantial rain for months. So most of the plants have been in survival mode, retaining water in whatever way they can and waiting for the weather to change. However I am always intrigued that it is precisely at this...