Articles tagged ‘Cape Town’
The Bo-Kaap: A Show Piece of Cape Town Culture
By Peter Baxter | July 8th, 2008 |
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One of the most picturesque quarters of a beautiful city is Cape Town’s Bo-Kaap. Once known as the Malay Quarter, the area was in fact the home of a predominately Muslim population drawn from many quarters of the eastern world, and imported to The Cape predominately as slaves or bonded workers during the 16th and [...]
Ons Skrik Vir Niks: Exhibitions of Race
By Peter Baxter | April 19th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
Black On Black
In an action rich in irony this week a certain Mr Black successfully brought legal action against the notorious ‘whites only’ South African holiday resort, Broederstroom Vakansie-Oord, situated near the Hartebeespoorte Dam in Gauteng Province. In common with a handful of other facilities, notably the Orange Freestate, an element of white society in [...]
CapeTown: The Mother City
By BootsnAll | February 26th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A Jet Set Capital
There are a handful of highly cosmopolitan cities that decorate the global travel map – Rio, Sydney and Buenos Aires to name but a few – that all have in some way the attributes of beauty, grandeur, romance and fine living. The common perception of Africa, however, tends to preclude a lot [...]
Shark Bay, Langebaan: Kitesurfing paradise.
By Philip | December 12th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Although the name spells doom, beautiful Shark Bay in Langebaan got its name from it’s numerous and harmless sand-sharks, not the greater and whiter variety.
Shark Bay is part of Langebaan lagoon, next to the West Coast National Park and is a quiet haven of shallow blue water, good fishing and fantastic kite surfing conditions.
If [...]
2 Chicago gals in Muizenberg dinghy fiasco.
By Philip | November 9th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Yesterday, two girls from Chicago found the waters in False bay not as friendly as those of Lake Michigan.
The two set off from Muizenberg beach apparently to take photo’s in a store bought dinghy, barely big enough for the both of them. With only a dustpan tied to a broom as a paddle, the girls [...]
Cape Town Suburbs: Greenpoint
By Philip | November 6th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
This series is especially for those coming to Cape Town, and planning on staying for longer than the average holiday, and would like to know in advance which area they wish to stay.
Hopefully I can answer some questions you might have about which suburb of Cape Town is best suited to your interests, age group [...]
Wake up on Table Mountain at Overseers cottage.
By Philip | November 1st, 2007 | Add a Comment »
A fantastic opportunity to spend a night on Table Mountain in comfort and wake up to jaw dropping views of the entire peninsula. (weather dependant:) With the recent spate of crime on Table Mountain, these portered and secure tours seem to be the way to go until the police round up the baddies.
This new [...]
Sleep with the lions, 30 Minutes from Cape Town.
By Philip | October 29th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The Drakenstein Lion Park was recently brought to my attention as offering close contact with lions only 50km from CT.
5 minutes from Paarl (straight up the N1) the park is a sanctuary for captive bred lions that are unable to be reintroduced to the wild.
A number of opportunities exist for coming into close contact (but [...]
How to avoid getting scammed in Cape Town #1 : Hitchhiking Conmen
By Philip | October 25th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
As a South African, and long time sufferer of cons, tricks, scams and so forth, I like to think of myself as at least a little streetwise. Well pride comes before a fall, and I would like to warn fellow Capetonians and anyone planning on driving our roads of a new fad in scallywagginess.
I [...]
It’s a win, win, win for the green and gold!
By Philip | October 22nd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Wow, what a weekend!
On Sunday the street were a-hush as people regrouped themselves after Saturday night’s revelry.
South African’s all over the world are in a state of bliss and hopefully home sickness, watching our boks in green and gold scoop up not “just” the championship trophy, but player of the year and coach of the [...]
