Bea-u-ti-ful day in the Cape! We hurried out to Cape Town to make it up the cable car before the wind picked up again as we know it will.
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| The model airplaner |
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| Hurrying in to CT to catch the cable. We notice some cloud on the end of the mountain... |
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| C gets a pic of UCT, my alma mater |
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| I think this is the day! |
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| C was amazed to see windows open in the sky scrapers. We had to remind her they didn't have air conditioning. |
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| Waiting for our turn |
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| Inside the cable car |
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| Hike or ride? I guess we'll ride this time! |
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| We passed over some hikers |
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| It only takes 5 mins to get up/down |
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| The floor revolves 360' during the 5 min trip |
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| Not to brag or anything, but I've rock climbed these cliffs...amazing! |
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| Our car is parked down there on that road |
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| From the top (Camp's Bay) |
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| Sometimes we'd park down there and rock climb the cliffs on this side. |
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| 12 apostles |
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| So why is there a picture of the middle east behind the plaque? |
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| We're on the light brown flat part |
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| City center |
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| Devil's peak in cloud... |
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| The flat top |
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| Someone coming up the last few steps of platteklip gorge. The wind was brisk up this canyon. |
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| Notice all the cairns |
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| We took the hike across the whole top of Table mountain to the McClear's beacon (about 4-6km total). Misty on this end of the mountain. |
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| Beautiful heather everywhere |
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| At last the beacon - no views, but just the feeling of accomplishment. |
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| Conquered! |
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| A triangle peg in a round hole? |
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| Back at the lodge area |
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| Dassies/Rock rabbits - a mama and her baby |
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| I guess they breed like - what else? - rabbits. |
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| Another forgivable selfie |
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| Sheer drop |
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| Arrival |
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| What it looks like inside. The floor rotates around the middle. |
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| Leaving the top station |
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| Approaching the other one |
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| Passing |
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| The table cloth is being laid |
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| 10 minutes after we got down, the cable car was closed again. Praise the Lord we were able to go in that window of opportunity. |
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| Adderley Street |
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| Fresh fish madam? |
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| Parliament buildings |
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| This one got around despite a missing foot |
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| Lunchtime |
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| Parliament building. Cape Town is the Judicial capital of SA |
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| Not only the pigeons but squirrels want in on the action. |
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| Baby bird in the nest |
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| Now a baby weaver bird |
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| Another old tree |
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| Adderley Street |
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| The famous flower market on Adderley |
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| And the smell of fresh cut flowers permeates the air |
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| When we arrived home, L had a Greek FEAST prepared for us! Wow! |
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| You are amazing L! And the food was incredible. Musaka, scalloped potatoes, roasted vegetables, pita bread and a type of hummus/dip; salad, olives and sparkling grape juice. We were totally spoilt! |
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