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Cape Town Reflections

During the last visit to Cape Town I don’t remember such strong southeasters – but then it wasn’t summer. Last evening the wind almost blew my earrings out! Restaurants and shops had to move anything outside indoors. Taking time to re-acclimate and am so in awe of this place which for me has very special…

By: suemtravels June 13, 2011May 1, 2018

South AfricaBeach Road Sea Point, British Colonists, Caledon, Cape Town and World War II, Dutch Settlers, Ferry from Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, Minto Hill, Nelson Mandela, Robben Island, Robben Island Lighthouse, Robbeneiland, Sea Point, Sea Point Promenade, Table Bay, Whale RockLeave a Comment

While living in Sea Point in the late 1980s I developed a fascination for watching the lighthouse signal on Robben Island at night. My flat was on Beach Road facing Table Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. While looking out to sea I often thought of Nelson Mandela and his imprisonment there for political activism and…

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