This was the sunrise greeted me this morning.
More can be seen in my Sunrise Gallery.
Category Archives: Cape Town
Snow on the mountains
As mentioned in my previous posting, my daughter spend the day in Stellenbosch writing admission tests. Yesterday afternoon when I went to fetch her, I saw the snow covered mountain peeks. Now you all know why it is so freezing cold here in Cape Town.
You can see the full scale image and more in my gallery here.
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Low hanging clouds – winter is coming
On Tygerberg Hill are some radio masks and this morning one of the masks was sticking out above the clouds.
It is an overcast day here in Cape Town and the air is starting to get nippy. Winter is on its way but there is something not right with the weather here in the Cape. What is this with the thunder this morning and it is not the first time this month. We are not suppose to get thunder and lightning here in the Cape.
More photos here: My Photo Gallery – Clouds
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Sunrise after a thunderstorm
After the heat of yesterday and last night, we had some sort of a thunderstorm and rain here in the Cape. This morning, still with the clouds around we had this sunrise.
I will upload some more photos to my Photo Gallery here. Look in the Nature Photos album.
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Photos from the week past
Cape Town is one of the host cities for World Cup 2010 and a new stadium is busy being build. Here, the half (or maybe three quarter) build stadium is covered with mist. Hope that it is not an indication that this stadium will become a ghost stadium
Yesterday, myself and a friend (thanks Marita) spend the afternoon in Houtbay enjoying some fish and chips. The wind was howling as can be seen from the white on the water and it was really unpleasant but it was nice none the less. 
Houtbay without fishing boats is not Houtbay and being so unpleasant and windy all the boats were in the harbor as can be seen here.
Currently it is very hot in Cape Town and there is fires burning in the Stellenbosch/Somerset West mountains and the sky is covered with smoke. On my way, taking my son to varsity in Stellenbosch, I took this photo of the sun behind the smoke.
This photo does not do it justice since the sun was bright red, not pink like in the photo.
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DTP #13: Roadtrip – Cape Town to Hermanus and back
As I am still on holiday, my son and I decided to explore some of the Western Cape’s beauty. It was an overcast day and a perfect day for a road trip. We decided to explore the area up to Hermanus. We drove through the Strand and Gordonsbay.
After Gordonsbay, it was onto Rooiels, PringleBay, Bettysbay and Kleinmond. At Kleimond we stopped and grabbed some cooldrinks and strolled through the town. Then it was onto Hermanus, past Arrabella Golf Estate and Onrus onto Hermanus.
We again stopped in Hermanus and strolled through the town. It was packed and we battled to get parking. This must be one of the restaurants that is the closest I have ever seen to the water edge.
For all you Harley lovers,
This was one of about 15 Harleys and all of them exactly the same.
On the way back from Hermanus we took the N2 and turned off at Grabou. Just before Velliersdorp we took the Franschoek turnoff and got this view of Franschoek.
Now tell me that we do not have some of the most beautyful countryside here in the Cape. This view is just amazing.
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Kite Flying and Surfing at Blouberg
DTP #12: Cape Town in December
Went to the V&A Waterfront last night and on the way home decided to go and have a look at the Christmas lights in Cape Town. What a surprise when Adderley Street was closed off and one big party was going on. There was a stage with live music going and stalls all along the center of the street.
Holiday season has arrived in Cape Town so to all our visitors, enjoy the hospitality and have a great time.
DTP #10: Op my voorstoep
Aan die een kan van waar ek woon is die Tygerberg Natuurreservaat
en aan die ander kant is die Altydgedacht Wynplaas.
Waar anders as net hier in die Kaap kan mens so naby die stad bly en tog ook die natuur op jou voorstoep hê. Op die boonste foto, aan die linkerkant, is ‘n rivier wat reg voor die uitgang van die kompleks is waarin ek woon. Op lieflike somers dae soos vandag hoef ek nie ver te loop om die natuur te geniet nie.
DTP #9: Volvo Ocean Race
The Volvo Ocean Race is currently on the go. The yachts left Alicante in Spain on 11 October on its way to Cape Town. The next leg will leave Cape Town on 15 November and ends in Kochi, Singapore.
The above photo was taken in the Cape Town Waterfront and the blue flags in the photograph is the Volvo Ocean Race flags.