Table Mountain and Royal Cape Yacht Club. The speed of the clouds pouring over the mountain indicates the wind speed on arrival.
Sunrise on arrival to Cape Town
Jackass Penguins. Yes, that's their name. They are here on a beach holiday after seeing the movie Madagascar...
The first parliament of South Africa. This cave in Robben Island is where Nelson Mandela dreamed up the new South Africa. Hey Johnny Howard, you know that Mr. De Klerk actually shared a Noble peace price for saying "sorry".
Nelson's cell. I'm holding back tears. 28 years he lived here but his spirit never died.
Making the wind vane rudder in Cape Town marina.
The girls doing what they most love doing...
A marina berth in Cape Town caught the Table Mountain wind underneath and flipped over.
Yes, it's Cape Town yacht club, again.
Time for a budget refit. Cold water didn't stop the grass from growing.
Just in case you haven't seen enough photos of the Table Mountain and Cape yacht club, here's two more.
We're in Durban now. The police is warning the yachties never to go anywhere and not to walk past the yacht club bar. It's really dangerous out there. Jeez. Should have stayed home...
Fred. The voice of weather information for the west Indian Ocean on SSB, twice a day.
Yes, Durban is just another big city.
Yes, we were too scared to take the camera out in the wild so most of the photos are taken safely inside the barbed wire. This is Point Yacht Club, again.
A one dollar rocket marks the New Year 2005/2006. East London.
No, they're not having a bong. Afrikaaners smoking herbal tea or something like that. This is the party where the well dressed blacks were kicked out but yachties were allowed bare feet. I left early.
Can someone tell me the name of this animal again? Mossel Bay.
Mossel Bay.
Pulling the rope of Bartolomeau Diaz' Replica. That's the only common thing between the replica pleasure cruise ang the original battle for survival.
Dion, an Afrikaans white South African, shows how Blacks and whites can work together. It all starts from here.
Fifty knots in Richards Bay.
A collection of South African wildlife in Umfolozi Game reserve, just north of Richards Bay.
This dude was actually having a go at us..
Ooops. This ends the wildlife section. Charlie has been tamed to the point that she thins she's a human. Pissing in the right place.
Stock take. Clean up.
A bat out of Hell. A street vendor sold me a wooden club. The passers by are probably laughing at me. The real thugs carry guns.
This is a good rule for any club.
Finnish independence day, 6 December. Richards Bay.
Getting into the groove. South Africans were almost always friendly and joining a party was never a problem.
Where the hell are the Big Cats? Umfolozi Game Park had none.
A whale: Hello, Goodbye!
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