Flight to Cape Town
February 12, 2024 in South Africa ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Sydney to Singapore, to Johannesburg, to Cape Town... It's been a long process making our way here, but we finally arrived!
First glimpse of Cape Town
February 12, 2024 in South Africa ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Just a few quick pictures snapped as we familiarise ourselves with the city on our first day there.
Sea point
February 13, 2024 in South Africa ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
On the way along the western coast this morning.
The clouds were wispy and low, it all felt a bit surreal, especially over these white sand and turquoise waters.
Hout bay
February 13, 2024 in South Africa ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
This one was a big one for me because I can actually remember it from 40 years ago when I traveled to SA as a child.
First time eating fish and chips out of a cardboard container, while waiting to goRead more
Chapman's peak drive.
February 13, 2024 in South Africa ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
On the other side of the bay from Hout, is Chapman's peak, that my late grandmother loved so much that she asked her ashes to be sunk in the water at the foot of the peak.
A single road has beenRead more
Up Table mountain
February 13, 2024 in South Africa ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
The weather was not supposed to be good enough to check out table mountain today, but we had done so much already in our jetlag state, that we just decided to see how bad the queues were.
They wereRead more
Avron's 360 view of Table Mountain
February 13, 2024 in South Africa ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Click this link to view it properly https://photos.app.goo.gl/Xf24xAJVGEYSPBEN6
The views of and from Table mountain
February 13, 2024 in South Africa ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
The clouds were dancing up and around the side of the mountain, but soon disappeared to give us incredible views...
Rock and lizards on Table Mountain
February 13, 2024 in South Africa ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
The rocks on Table mountain are rugged, carved by the winds, covered in lichen.
I actually have vivid memories of playing amongst them as a child, amazed at the abundance of lizards. The views held noRead more
Flowers of the table mountain
February 13, 2024 in South Africa ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Despite the ruggedness, the top of the mountain is covered in hardy plants and flowers. We are in late summer, now, so it is not as colorful as supporting, but still some pretty flowers...
Rhodes memorial
February 14, 2024 in South Africa ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Rhodes memorial apparently used to be quite pretty. But it is a memorial to a key figure of apartheid and, as such, hasn't received much love in the past years. Add to that a bit of a gloomy morningRead more
Avron's summer camp
February 14, 2024 in South Africa ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
As a child growing in Johannesburg, Avron would be sent to summer camp all the way south close to Muizenberg.
The actual camp was hard to see and a bit run down, so I took pictures of a pretty houseRead more
Muizenberg
February 14, 2024 in South Africa ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Another of the activities for the kids at Avron's summer camp was a walk to the stunning breach of Muizenberg.
The sky was undecided between drizzle and sun, but it made the reflections on the whiteRead more
Penguins of Boulder Beach
February 14, 2024 in South Africa ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Yet another summer camp activity for Avron: a 4 hours walk to the Boulders at Seaforth beach.
You read well: 4 hours.
But I guess it is worth it when there's a colony of African penguins at the end ofRead more
Sandy Bay beach
February 14, 2024 in South Africa ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Since the weather had decided on "beautiful", we thought that we should check the only South African nudist beach at Sandy Bay.
As always, it was a bit of a trek to reach, but it was well worthRead more
The Silo neighborhood
February 15, 2024 in South Africa ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
The Silo is a trendy and touristy area of the waterfront. It's home to the iconic Zeits museum, hence the name.
Cafes, arts and craft shops, marinas, aquarium... It's a bustling area and perfect in aRead more
Aquarium of Cape Town
February 15, 2024 in South Africa ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
The weather was a bit unpredictable, so we planned indoors activities.
And the aquarium certainly didn't disappoint.
More of the aquarium
February 15, 2024 in South Africa ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
The Silo: Museum of contemporary art
February 15, 2024 in South Africa ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
I saw pictures of this museum years ago and never dreamt that I could see it for real.
It is literally carved in a series of repurposed grain silos, and absolutely surreal...
Silo 360 sphere view in the link
February 15, 2024 in South Africa ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
The company's gardens
February 16, 2024 in South Africa ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
Time to explore the city center, which was a weird mix of old 70s skyscrapers meticulously clean, but in dire need of renovations (like most things in South Africa so far).
One of the landmarks isRead more
🐿 SQUIRRELS !!!
February 16, 2024 in South Africa ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
The real reason we went to the Company's Gardens is that Avron remembered that it's packed with very friendly squirrels.
After a few failed attempts at trying to find healthy food to get theirRead more
Bo Kaap
February 16, 2024 in South Africa ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
Apartheid and segregation were a lot more than a clear line between black and white. There was many other sub groups, such as the coloured (Anyone not white but not black). And then there was a divideRead more
Follow the pink road
February 17, 2024 in South Africa ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
On our first day in Cape Town, we've stumbled a few times on a line of pink paint on the sidewalk, and we wondered what it was about. Some touristy route, maybe? So we followed it, because we'reRead more
The great(er) ocean road
February 18, 2024 in South Africa ⋅ 🌬 26 °C
Driving out of Cape Town, I was told to expect something like the Australian "great Ocean road".
I feel like this is the XL version, but I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.
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