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[griffljg]

This is my Afrika, this is my home. This is Cape Town - the city that nestles at the base of Table Mountain at the bottom tip of the African continent. Taken this morning

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I love that photo. Whenever I see a photo of one of the roundabouts on Adderley St / Heerengracht, I am reminded of a story my father told me.....

My father was standing on the side of the road waiting for the cars to stop at the lights to allow pedestrians to cross. One car stopped at the lights. The following car didn't. There was a very noisy nose-to-tail crash. All four doors of the car in front opened. Out jumped four cops. There were two locals standing behind my father. One turned to the other and remarked "En toe! Kyk hoe slaat vir daai maaster die jekpot!"

It is difficult to translate that into English, while still maintaining the full meaning, but a very loose translation would be "And so! Look at how that 'gentleman' has hit the jackpot!"

 

[Irene McC]

Cape Town - just off Greenmarket Square

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[griffljg]

Table Mountain after sunset.

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Table Mountain after sunset by Laurence Griffiths, on Flickr

 

[griffljg]

Robben Island taken from Signal Hill.

Nelson Mandela was imprisoned here for 18 of the 27 years he was in prison.

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Robben Island by Laurence Griffiths, on Flickr

 

[griffljg]

The vineyards of Delheim Winery in the Western Cape

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Delheim Vineyard (1) by Laurence Griffiths, on Flickr

 

[bartjeej]

Cross-posted from the Let's Catch a Bus thread.

A bus being prepared for a night drive out of Djenné, Mali. The building in the background is the Great Mosque of Djenné, the largest mud building in the world.

 

[griffljg]

A walk to the Dias Cross

On top of a headland at Kwaaihoek in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa is a replica of the cross erected by the Portuguese navigator Bartholomew Dias to mark the furthest extent of his voyage around the southern tip of Africa. (Dias Cross Memorial - Wikipedia). As children, we had a Boxing Day tradition of walking along the beach and crossing the sand dunes from the Bushmans River Mouth to visit the cross. In November 2012, I returned to South Africa for a high school reunion. While visiting an uncle of mine in Kenton-on-Sea, I revisited our Boxing Day walk.....

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The white mark towards the top of the headland is the replica of the cross:

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You will notice from the photograph above, that all the metal plaques on and around the cross have been removed. This is one of them. - Taken on 26 December 1985 and scanned from slide:

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[rayvonn]

Casablanca.

 

[rayvonn]

The propensity for people to hoard things in Africa can be endless. Let's go back to 1984 when a young @rayvonn had to sit in the back of this car on a journey from basically the edge of the Congo border all the way to Mombasa....and then back. Without an exhaust which cracked and fell off. Those of you with a knowledge of vehicles will know what that sounds like. Imagine my shock on a recent visit going on 40 years later to see the same car in my uncle's garage. It's unusable, should have been thrown away decades ago, but no it still sits there doing nothing. Abandoned but at the same time not abandoned. All fairly typical and it does make you laugh.

 

[Irene McC]

The propensity for people to hoard things in Africa can be endless. Let's go back to 1984 when a young @rayvonn had to sit in the back of this car on a journey from basically the edge of the Congo border all the way to Mombasa....and then back. Without an exhaust which cracked and fell off. Those of you with a knowledge of vehicles will know what that sounds like. Imagine my shock on a recent visit going on 40 years later to see the same car in my uncle's garage. It's unusable, should have been thrown away decades ago, but no it still sits there doing nothing. Abandoned but at the same time not abandoned. All fairly typical and it does make you laugh.
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That sounds about right But I guess you haven't looked at the cars that people keep for years in America? All the "barn finds" that the restoration guys get so excited about - literally acres of land full of rusting cars

 

[rayvonn]

That sounds about right But I guess you haven't looked at the cars that people keep for years in America? All the "barn finds" that the restoration guys get so excited about - literally acres of land full of rusting cars

I love that, old Beetles and Pontiacs in country areas but not really that visible to me in the cities though which was a disappointment.