Each day we post a new photo, taken somewhere in or around our beautiful city, Cape Town, together with a little bit of history, a touch of culture, some entertainment, a smidgen of sport, and a whole lot of enthusiasm for the place we call home.
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The Westin Grand
The Westin Grand Cape Town Arabella Quays Hotel is that large hotel that you pass on your left as you enter the city on the N1 highway. It’s the glass-covered one right next to the traffic lights that (if you were to turn right)...
Careful with your cash
I’m not saying that the subject in this photo is a conman, but I have often seen someone who looks a lot like him wandering around the V&A Waterfront area, apparently asking people for money. I don’t think it’s common to...
Relaxing at the Waterfront
While we were sitting at Java Jive Cafe in the Waterfront, an older couple came to sit down at a nearby table. They stayed for just a few minutes, seemingly to take a break whilst watching all the people walking...
Curry for 28 ZAR
Buying lunch at Waterfront restaurants is normally fairly expensive – not unreasonably so for the most part, but proper meals certainly tend to cost more than at other locations. We discovered a place called Java Jive Cafe, near...
Drydock
As the title suggests, this photo is of a small drydock at Cape Town harbour. For those who perhaps don’t know, a drydock is used to perform ship repairs that cannot be done while the ship is in the water.
Essentially what happens is...