Wonderful weather (^o^) and week-end at the beach!

Trip Start Jun 29, 2008
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Trip End Aug 31, 2008


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Monday, July 14, 2008

Gunjari ("How are you" in Xhosa)!
Wooooow what a wonderful weather back over the tablecloth of Cape Town!!!! So what do you do usually when there is such a perfect blue sky??? Well, going to the beach of course!! So, on Sunday a colleague of my internship place invited me to go to her church and meet the rest of her family. What a vibrant experience, I have never assisted to such an active service. People standing up, singing, praising theLord, speaking in tougues etc. Really it was a fabolous experience, far from our half-empty cold churches struggling to attract more people. That is a cultural difference maybe...to go there of course we took a taxi, not the regular one, the REAL ones, small and noisy where half a dozen people are squeezed together. Really I enjoyed it! Service at 11.15 am until 2 pm and I met the rest of Kumbi's family. They are all Zimbabwean and I have to tell that such warm and friendly people are the best way to attract people to their home country, whatever the current political problems that may occur there with Mugabe. And you can learn a lot from them! so after a nutrirtous luch of Lay' crisps, juice and biscuits we began our walk from Sea Point to Beach Street, until the V&A Waterfront. We even saw a whale ery nearby the beach who was probably reaching for more sun like anybody else. The view on Table Mountain, Lion's Head and the Devil's Peak was just wonderful from that perspective. The sunset is even more impressive, I had never seen one on the sea actually. Do not forget that I come from a small region in the north-est of France where there is no sea at all, except a little river called the Rhine, so nothing to do with it! So, I let you enjoy the pictures from the waves, the sea, the ships, the ice-cream man, the pet-poo cleaner etc etc. To be honest, the Waterfront (as most of the people call it) is really my favourite place in the Cape, because it is nice and there are a lot of things to do, to see and to share with your friends there! an IMax cinema, a large mall, a traditional craft market where you can get typical African material, bars, Belgian restaurants, pubs, and so much more! OK, now I feel like having a big bowl of Morvite (a Sorghum porridge). I am really crazy on that stuff although it is not that much special. It just remembers me a lot of what I used to eat in France: semoule (kid of wheat porridge). It is so very nutritious and you can have it as a dink or as a poridge, with or without milk and blablabla (to be more South African...). Anyway, I will have to taste the Mealie Meal (local kind of flour), the Pap and other local meals!! So "Morro"!! (good bye in the Zimbabwean language, though I am not sure about the ortograph..).

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Huge trees Huge trees The so-called "Tablecloth"! The so-called "Tablecloth"! plaza 1 plaza 1 Plaza 2 Plaza 2
Plaza 3 Plaza 3 Plaza 4 Plaza 4 Near the CBD Near the CBD Her flatness the Table Mountain Her flatness the Table Mountain
Typical Capetonian street Typical Capetonian street the International Convention Centre the International Convention Centre The port 1 The port 1 The port 2 The port 2
The port 3 The port 3 Ships crowding 1 Ships crowding 1 Ships crowding 2 Ships crowding 2 Ships under Devil's Peak domination Ships under Devil's Peak domination
Ships under the flat mountain's domination Ships under the flat mountain's domination Ships crowding 4 Ships crowding 4 First ship of the Dutch East India Compan First ship of the Dutch East India Compan Bay view Bay view
Traditional musician Traditional musician Waterfront 1 Waterfront 1 Waterfront 2 Waterfront 2 Waterfront 3 Waterfront 3
The docks 1 The docks 1 The docks 2 The docks 2 The docks 3 The docks 3 A tourist tour boat A tourist tour boat
Tourists again... Tourists again... a Waterfront hotel a Waterfront hotel Stairway to the sea Stairway to the sea Viw on Robben Island Viw on Robben Island
Rocky beach Rocky beach Rocky beach 2 Rocky beach 2 Rocky beach 3 Rocky beach 3 Ships repair station Ships repair station
Rocky beach 4 Rocky beach 4 Rocky beach 5 Rocky beach 5 Stairway end Stairway end Flag display Flag display
Beach 1 Beach 1 Queen's beach Queen's beach Queen's beach 2 Queen's beach 2 Sea 1 Sea 1
Noisy waves Noisy waves Noisy waves 2 Noisy waves 2 Noisy waves 3 Noisy waves 3 Noisy waves 4 Noisy waves 4
View on Milton's beach bay View on Milton's beach bay View on Milton's beach 2 View on Milton's beach 2 The sound of the waves The sound of the waves Seapoint Seapoint
Seapoint 2 Seapoint 2 Queen's beach again Queen's beach again Do not surf here!! Do not surf here!! Here neither! Here neither!
Rocks, sand and sun Rocks, sand and sun a wealthy bay a wealthy bay Paradise on earth Paradise on earth Pet-poo cleaner firmly convinced! Pet-poo cleaner firmly convinced!
Very nice lady by the way... Very nice lady by the way... So much better from the bottom So much better from the bottom on the beach on the beach Walking along the sea Walking along the sea
Swimming-pool at the beach Swimming-pool at the beach Never-ending beaches Never-ending beaches A cool ice-cream man A cool ice-cream man Rocks again Rocks again
The bottom again The bottom again Shockwaves Shockwaves Shockwaves 2 Shockwaves 2 Shockwaves 3 Shockwaves 3
Shockwaves 4 Shockwaves 4 Shockwaves 5 Shockwaves 5 !Water rocks! !Water rocks! Walking home... Walking home...
Beginning of the dusk Beginning of the dusk Sunset on Beach Street Sunset on Beach Street Sunset on Beach Street 2 Sunset on Beach Street 2 Sunset on Beach Street 3 Sunset on Beach Street 3
Sunset on Beach Street 4 Sunset on Beach Street 4 A lonely tree in the dusk A lonely tree in the dusk Gorgeous Gorgeous Ship in the dusk Ship in the dusk
Where the docks at? Where the docks at? Still looking for a dock Still looking for a dock Oh the Waterfront!!!! Oh the Waterfront!!!! Hi there! Hi there!
eMain entrance of the Victoria wharf eMain entrance of the Victoria wharf nice green grass to si on it nice green grass to si on it What was quickly done! What was quickly done! Do not be on a diet to join! Do not be on a diet to join!
they can not sit long like me they told me they can not sit long like me they told me I can not sit long like them I told them I can not sit long like them I told them Fari Fari Fari 2 Fari 2
Fari 3 Fari 3 Ruth and me Ruth and me Ruth and me again Ruth and me again Ruth and me still Ruth and me still
Fari and I Fari and I Fari, Wellington and I Fari, Wellington and I Ruth, Fari, me and Kumbi Ruth, Fari, me and Kumbi Wellington Wellington
The laaaaaarge sea The laaaaaarge sea Everybody Everybody Believe me it is a whale! Believe me it is a whale! Fari 5 Fari 5
Ruth 2 Ruth 2 Margi Margi Fari 6 Fari 6 Margi and I Margi and I
Ruth and I 2 Ruth and I 2 Ruth and I 3 Ruth and I 3 Fari and I again Fari and I again Kumbi Kumbi
Kumbi 2 Kumbi 2 Kumbi and Fari Kumbi and Fari Kumbi and Fari 2 Kumbi and Fari 2 Me (you know it now don't you?!) Me (you know it now don't you?!)
Wellington and Fari Wellington and Fari The marching band The marching band Huge Chamarel ship Huge Chamarel ship Wellington and Fari Wellington and Fari
Ruth and Kumbi Ruth and Kumbi Margi Margi
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