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Showing posts with label Cape Town visits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cape Town visits. Show all posts

10 February 2024

Cape Town visit (27 Nov 2023 - 7 Feb 2024)



Family



Friends



Nights away



Hikes



Walks



Beaches and swimming


 

Nostalgia



Events in order



2023


2024


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4 November 2022

Cape Town Highlights 2022


Flight and arrival 


Hikes


Walks


Beach 


Birding outings


Shows


Woodside

  • Tour of Woodside Village
  • Lunch at Woodside Village
  • Meeting with Jill van Syl to discuss Antarctica
  • Dinner at Woodside


Social


Meals


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17 January 2017

Cape Town 2016


It's been a wonderful 7 weeks that has flown by.  Lots of quality time with the family. Some great outings. A fabulous roadtrip.  And I even managed to get plenty of work done.  Great stuff.


Outings

Road trip to Sedgefield

Walks

Family

Food
  • Mum's orgasmic Xmas cake
  • The Spur (Pecan Nut Sundae!! x2)
  • Pizza at Pomodoro (Wilderness): blue cheese, onion, ham and sweet fig and the best base ever.
  • Kudu, Ostrich and Steak in Stellenbosch
  • Fish and chips at Woodside
  • Braaid fish and Kalamari with Jo at Kalkbay
  • Pizza at Kelvin with Liz and family
  • The Eatery for lunch with mum
  • Facachia with the Botings
  • Peddlers
  • Forries
  • Lunch at Katima 

School

Friends

Purchases
  • New sunglasses
  • New reading glasses
  • Shoes with mum
  • Battle Field 1 for Matt

Admin
  • Getting new passport and ID

Movies  (Putlocker, Solar Movies)
  • Star Wars Rogue 1  (*)
  • Planet Earth 2
  • Happy People, a year of the Tiagra
  • Miss Saigon
  • Girl on a Train
  • Nocturnal Animals
  • Forrest Gump
  • Brooklyn
  • The Lego Movie
  • Miss Saigon
  • Hell or Highwater
  • Sicario
  • Eye in the Sky
  • Zootopia
  • The Accountant
  • The Light Between Oceans
  • Suicide Squad
  • Black Mirror ("Playtest" with Matt, then "Be Right Back" with Jo)
  • Hunger Games Mocking Jay 2
  • Tickled
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31 May 2015

South Africa 2015


Cape Town

 Garden Route

 Cape Town with Chrisèl

 Baz bus

Cape Town
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23 May 2014

Cape Town Highlights



Wow, what an amazing time I've had in Cape Town.  Non stop special memories to savour.  Thanks so much to the generosity and hospitality of my family.  It's been so, so wonderful to spend such quality time with family and friends.  And what a gift that Russell that could be here at the same time.

Here are some of the highlights so far ...

 Photography outings

Sunset over ...

Adventure

Hikes and walks

The beach

Great meals

More special times with family and friends

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27 February 2010

Cape Town and Garden Route

After a wonderful Christmas with the family in December 2009, I remained in Cape Town for another 5 weeks.  I was able to share in Matt's 7th birthday party with a water slide and lots of splashing and fun.  I also went taboggening with the family which was a great adrenaline rush, especially when I discovered that Sam has no fear of speed and sees no need to apply the brake on corners!

Other family outings included a trip up Signal Hill to see the new World Cup  football stadium, a picnic at  Llandadno Beach and a day out with mum and the kids at the Waterfront and Oceanarium.  We also did a a lovely Constantia Nek walk as well as walks at Silvermine.

I also got to see Ivor and I caught up with the people from the Hardcore Hiking club at a braai with James and Fiona.  We also went to Scarborough for the day to see Sean.

In addition to family activities, I took many photos in and around Cape Town at places like Table Mountain, Paarl, the Muizenberg to Kalk Bay walk, Kirstenbosch, Franschhoek, Hout Bay and Chapman's Peak, Cape Point, Camps Bay, Boulders Beach and the World of Birds.

During the last part of my holiday, I did the Garden Route including Knysna, Nature's Valley, Oudshoorn and Robberg (in Plett). It was good to see this beautiful part of the world again. As usual, a highlight for me was the gorgeous Storm's River National Park where I did the first day of the Otter Trail. I love the way the ocean pounds the coast along this park's rocky shoreline and the sensation of walking across the suspension bridge.

In Cape Town, I did my first official photoshoot which produced some nice portraits of Meggan's children.  It was my first paying "gig"   I got a great shirt out of the deal!
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31 December 2005

Christmas in Cape Town

We spent our Xmas 2005 with our family in Cape Town - our first Xmas with them in 6 years. Very special it was. Some our our Cape Town highlights were:
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