Category: this is south africa

Ben’s plea

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Bless him. It’s great, genuine, heartfelt writing, it makes perfect sense and it will fall upon a 4 million deaf ears.

What is it? It’s Ben Trovato’s unusually sincere plea to white South Africans to reach out and take part in a nation-building exercise born out of the death of Nelson Mandela. Because:

Madiba’s death has, ironically, recharged our desolate souls. I have never seen so many pictures of white people crying over something that isn’t related to rugby. That must mean something.

Like I said, it really is beautifully written. Go and read it.
It’s just a shame that no-one will take any notice of it.

Heads Up – R180 off your first Uber ride

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STAHHP EVERYTHING!!!

Uber, described by Gearburn as:

just about the best damn taxi service ever

has a superb offer for you.

Are you behind the times slightly? Haven’t you signed up for Uber yet?
Well, your tardiness might just have saved you R180. Well done!

No catches – it’s as simple as signing up via this link: https://uber.com/invite/uber6k .

Do that before 20th January and you’ll get a massive R180 off your first ride with Uber. #Winning

And yes, this works in Uber cities outside SA as well.

I CAN’T MAKE THIS ANY EASIER FOR YOU! GO. NOW!!!!!

“Foursquare” – Cape Agulhas Lighthouse

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I’m not on foursquare, which is good for you because it’s annoying and not very much use.

I can however, borrow their name and use it as a blog post title. And thus, herewith, four square photos of Cape Agulhas Lighthouse.

      

      

Gorgeous new paint job, hey?

Back to Cape Town now for us. Back to internet, to TV, back to work and to real life. But the memories of an amazing holiday are still very fresh and I already can’t wait to get back there.

There are more photos on flickr.

Dat light

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As promised, we got up to the top of the newly refurbished Cape Agulhas lighthouse this afternoon.

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Here’s Instagram’s take on the 7.5 million candlepower light and lens.

The museum, small art gallery and tourist info places in the lighthouse building are simple, but informative and there’s a much more open feeling about the whole ground floor.
Upstairs, however, is as steep and as tight as ever, but if my daughter got up there when she was three years old, you have no excuse. 🙂

Half a World Away

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Not the REM song, but an interesting thought as the UK and the Isle of Man face flooding, while my biggest problem is burning my feet on the way to the fridge to get another beer:
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As you can see, it’s another gorgeous day down in Agulhas, and its sad to think that we’re heading home tomorrow – just in time for Sunday’s welcome(?) rain in Cape Town.