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Real Name: ken Huo c j
Lives In: Ottawa, CA
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Cape Town CBD: Sanlam Centre, Adderley street
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  • Sanlam Bldng in the left
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  • When the grounds were being excavated for the shps/tower complex, the original fresh water canal at the old waterfront was found:
    the developers in conjunction with histoico-archaeilogist porcceded with architects to save the site and incorporate into building.

    It is interesting to note that all the land and buildings north of this buisling to the water edge are man made.- thus the tern "Foreshore"

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    Address: Adderley street opposite the Station
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    Robben Island / Museums: Medical History Museum -Groote Schuur Hospital
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  • Groote Schuur with Devil's Peak in
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  • Groote Schuur Hospital was where Professor Christiaan Barnard (1922-2001)performed the first human heart transplant on the third of December 1967.

    Whilst Louis Washkansky only lived for 18 days, succumbing in the end to pneumonia. His new heart beat strongly to the end. >>> this being the first Heart transplant, we in Ottawa also have a company New Heart that is already testing an Atificail heart. soon to become an everyday occurence.

    >>>MUSEUM : The Charles Saint Theatre suite, has been restored to its original state and contains many items of historical interest and memorabilia relating to the first heart transplant and the history of the hospital in general.
    The museum is open to the public from Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 14:00.
    The entrance fee is R5 for adults and R2 for scholars.

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    Phone: 27-21-404-5232
    Address: Mowbray
    Directions: accesible from de waal drive
    Website: www.gsh.co.za/ab/heart.html
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    Museums / Historical Interest: Be prepared - the past is the future & vic-versa
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  • South Africa as known to most people outside the continent
    has it's historical links with the Portuguese
    then the Dutch
    and English,
    the French and Germans,
    as did the Italians, Polish
    etc etc etc

    Afrikaans was and stil is a main LAnguage in the country
    post 1995 , democratic RSA
    but
    do some online reading before visiting
    amongst the many links i have coem across,
    the following is an interesting one from the History of Malaysia
    and they call the VOV - Dutch East India Company
    the first multinational

    we also know that Jan van Riebbeeck established Cape Town
    as the refreshemnt point for the VOC ships travelling
    between Holland and Batavia
    the ship were all built in Batavia

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    Comments for kenHuocj about Cape Town
    mallyak Wed Feb 13, 2008 21:21 UTC
     Every Airline crew that I have spoken to , say that capetown is their favourite destination...now i know why!
    sim1 Sat Oct 13, 2007 15:18 UTC
     Great page Ken! I would love to go here! Thanks for all the links; saved them for further use. And I think I've solved your restaurant quiz question :-)
    canuck68 Sat Jul 28, 2007 03:32 UTC
     How lucky you are that you get to go to South Africa often. I enjoyed your Cape Town page.
    sachara Fri Apr 27, 2007 20:21 UTC
     Ken, interesting to read your Cape Town page. I enjoyed my stay in Cape town, though it was very short ...only three days as far I can remember.
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