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I shall be quiet tomorrow

By 6000 | 6000 | January 5, 2012

That’s because I’m using my last R4 of Vodacom airtime to post this. Tomorrow, back in range, I shall revert to my MTN SIM and contract cellphone usage. And then, tomorrow evening, back in Cape Town, I shall revert to the wonder of broadband internet. Who ever said that this place wasn’t civilised? (Although if [...]

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Sunset at the shipwreck

By 6000 | 6000 | January 4, 2012

When in Rome, do as the Romans. When in Agulhas, do sundowners at the shipwreck. Got it? The Meisho Maru 38 ran aground between Suiderstrand and Cape Agulhas on 16 November 1982. Since then, it’s been slowly breaking up, and the bow now sits proudly on the shoreline near the Southernmost point, acting as a [...]

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No Parking

By 6000 | 6000 | January 3, 2012

The typical South African mentality that certain rules apparently don’t apply to certain people (see previous posts referring to speed limits, seat belts, CTICC disabled zones etc etc) has obviously prevailed into 2012. This double cab was helpfully parked directly in front of the rather obvious No Parking sign on the road to the beach [...]

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Keyhole sunset

By 6000 | 6000 | January 2, 2012

I’ve got a (much) better one of these, but it was taken on the camera, so it will have to wait until I have “decent” connectivity to upload. In the meantime, please admire my shiny knob and bright keyhole. UPDATE: As promised, here is the better (camera)version

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Pete has a point

By 6000 | 6000 | January 1, 2012

I am here: 34 48.878 S 19 56.390 E http://maps.google.com/maps?q=loc:-34.8,19.93984 Piet se Punt – literally “Pete’s Point” – with just the crashing surf, a few Black Oystercatchers, the battling contrapuntal cello and piano of Ludovico Einaudi and the mad, mad wind for company. Still, this is summer and it’s still shorts and t-shirt weather. It’s [...]

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