General
Into Cavendish Square
Underground parking garage
What's interesting is that we spend about 40 minutes at Cavendish Square mall and that cost us R10 in parking. We then spent about two or three hours at the V&A Waterfront for the same amount of parking money.
I'd guess then that the cost of parking is relative to the mall's floor space and number of available parking bays. The V&A Waterfront has a huge amount of space, and comparatively far more parking than what Cavendish does - but still, for some reason a felt a little robbed at Cavendish, expecting the cost for an hour's worth of parking to be around R5 - similar to that charged by large malls in the northern suburbs.
The Waterfront’s big wheel
Victoria Basin
Boats and cranes
Victoria Wharf. Established 1992
Legend of the Kaaiman
Cape Town, well, rather Swellendam (a small town 225Km outside of Cape Town) has it's own mermaid legend - that of the Kaaiman. From what I can tell sightings are extermely infrequent, with the last reported one being in 2008. The Kaaiman is apparantly a white woman with long black hair, red eyes, and a fish-like lower half. Read this story on Monstropedia for details on the 2008 sighting.
A schooner called Spirit of Victoria
Now, I'm not sure when a boat is a yacht - if perhaps it has more to do with the vessels purpose in life, or something else, but it's unlikely that it has anything to do with sails as modern luxury yachts often don't even have sails. If you do know, then don't hesitate - leave a comment please. :)
Impressionist Sunset at the Sea Point Promenade
Here's the photo I uploaded to Instagram at the time.
Cars at Cavendish
While we have our fair share of Maseratis, Ferraris, Porches and Lamborginis racing around our fair city, they're really not as common as they are in European or American cities - so you may say that I'm just a smidgen deprived. ;)
Sunset Walk along the Sea Point promenade
Red Protea
White fluffy flora
Mountains, fynbos, and the wild-wild ocean
The Hermanus bay
Rushing over rocks
Cliff Path pathway
Hermanus’s landscape
Sea bridge
Hermanus beaches
The Hermanus Cliff Path
The only annoying thing is that we came across people who were walking their two unstable-looking Alsatians along the path... at times without leashes!
Lots of shells!
Whale tale
Fist of a man
Man with a heavy hand
This sculpture is a work by Dylan Lewis (see more of his work here). The inscription below the work is a poem by Ian McCallum. It reads:
where the voice of our wild history can be heard?
How long is it going to take to acknowledge that there is indeed a menagerie
within each of us... a wolf, a hyena, a lion... a wild man and a wild woman?"
Ian McCallum
The beautiful Hermanus coastline
Hermanus, as you possibly know, is very well known for whale-watching in South Africa. Locals, and tourists, gather in large numbers, during whale season - turning the otherwise comfortable and easy-paced seaside town into a bustling and somewhat congested mangling of cars and people.
Sunny weekends between September and the end of October is certainly not the time to get stuck trying to get into or out of this little town; except if you're either prepared to endure the hours of stop-start traffic, or if you're happy to take the drive to and from Cape Town while everyone else is sleeping. :)
That said, if you're looking for a vibey seaside town, book some weekend time at a hotel or guest house in late September or early October.
Military memorial in Hermanus
A boney’s skull
I know, I know, Kerry-Anne at first rolled her eyes at "zombie movie" too. Nevertheless, just as she was, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. The movie deserved it's IMDB 7.0 rating, you should watch it. :)
Taking hands
For a somewhat obvious reason, this photo reminded me of him and what he's done for South Africa throughout is life. He's a great man.