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Cape Town Travel Guide: 3,229 reviews and 5,865 photos
Cape Town served as my base for a month, between trips out to KwaZulu Natal and Namibia. And what a welcoming and diverse base it proved to be!
I find it hard to think of another city that offered so much to the traveller: diverse cultures, fantastic food, modern facilities, a sense of its own past... and yet posed so many questions... quite a sense of "them and us", how to get around the town without a car...
I had the very good fortune to be welcomed by the family of my travelling companion, and through that, got a great sense of life in Cape Town - at least for the affluent.
These pages will grow as I get my photos and slides scanned and uploaded, but in the meantime I do hope that you like my sunsets (and I hope they come out!)
One evening we were gathered in the Blue Peter, a great bar just outside Cape Town proper, having a glass of red wine (at least I was... a veritable bucket of the stuff!) and generally brushing the sand off the day! There had been a major fire that day on the outskirts of Cape Town, so when I looked up over the roof of the bar and saw a red glow in the sky, I thought it was the reflection of the fire!!!
Slowly a deep blue emerged between the clouds and before we knew where we were, the sky had turned into a work of art. When I saw these photos developed I was reminded of the Dali painting, Christ St. John of the Cross! The original by the way, hangs in Glasgow... go and see it if you get the chance...
On the horizon you may note a low dark land mass... that is Robben Island - the home of Nelson Mandela for so long.
- Pros:Great food, great people, wonderful places to go and things to see
- Cons:Security unfortunately a constant niggling thought at the back of the mind
- In a nutshell:Fantastic base from which to discover the delights of Southern Africa
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The Blue Peter lies all of 20 minutes from the Waterfront in Cape Town, following the coast road out west. Is sits at... more travel advice
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Locals tried to dissuade me from going to the city centre for shopping - they were very worried about security. However... more travel advice
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Comments (49)
Now that is a picture and a half!
Hey namesake! Hope life is good. Great sunset! Gillybob greetings
I am researching a travel segment in Cape Town. Can you give me a more exact location of where you shopped.
What beauty you captured there. Love all the beautiful colors!! Thanks for sharing this work of art!
Featured tip...Now THAT"S a sunset!
'Amazing' is a somewhat over-used word, but it certainly is appropriate to that sunset. Interesting page tips too.
Wow! This was on the VT homepage - I had to see more! Marion.
I love this picture, settle an arguement for me, did you color enhance this photo?
One thing I'll say for the west...is that their sunsets are absolutely awesome. Great pic.
Has to be the best sunset photo I've ever seen!
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