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 Waterfront….
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…
Winelands of the Western Cape, South Africa.
Have you been to the winelands of the Western Cape? I may be biased (having spent the majority of my life in this region) but I still think the Western Cape is one of the premier destinations of the world. I no longer live there,…
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…
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…
Cape of Storms
I got up early one morning while in Cape Town, hauled Jason out of bed, and we travelled to the other side of Table Bay. It was winter in Cape Town, which is when the weather is most severe. I didn’t think it was a…