Images of new 2010 World Cup Cape Town Stadium, Green Point, South Africa

Late Afternoon

The sea was like a mirror

19.25 Its a balmy evening and I am having dinner outside

Note that there are not many cranes

The helicopter is a military helicopter I am used to see countless helicopters every day but this one only appeared since yesterday and keeps circling around the stadium and Green Point Common

19.51

Will the Cape town Stadium be ready for the Final Draw on Dec 4th ?

Well they are steaming ahead with the facade !

They might just clinch it by the skin of their teeth !

Steaming ahead Compare this to yesterdays shot !

Cape Town Stadium, Green Point Facade construction, a race against time

Nov 25

 Hopefully ready by mid December

Green Point, Cape Town Stadium. Close to midnight

November 24

If you haven't read the

The R1 stadium bungle

here is the story

199 Days to go ....2010 World Cup Cape Town Stadium

November 21

Regent, Seven Seas Voyager docked in the V&A Waterfront

stayed just one day and night

You can see here what a tight fit it is

The harbour is quite small and it took ages for her to leave the harbour

She left Nov 22 early evening and sailed very fast past the Stadium many of my images were too blurred

2009 Clipper Round The World yacht race and the 2010 World Cup Cape Town Stadium on Sunday Nov 22 2009

A dramatic start to Race 4 of Clipper 09-10 in Cape Town saw eight of the boats cross the start line for the 4,700-mile race to Geraldton, Western Australia, while a collision between Hull & Humber and Cork resulted in the two teams returning to harbour. None of the crew were hurt and the Race Director and the shore team are now assessing the damage to Hull & Humber’s port aft quarter and Cork’s bow.

Cape Town has proved a huge hit with the crews who have enjoyed climbing Table Mountain – and abseiling down its sheer granite rock face – visiting Robben Island, the gardens at Kirstenbosch. And a few even had the chance to take an exclusive, behind the scenes tour of the brand new Cape Town Stadium which is being built for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Read more here

What a difference a day makes ....

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The gorgeous World Cup 2010 Cape Town Stadium as seen from the lower slope of Signal Hill in Green Point

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An awesome sight this huge building towering well over the apartment blocks

The old stadium wall on the left

Robben island in the distance

There was a new Facade sheet installed today on the North side 

Green Point Urban Park in Cape Town

SSV Victoria

Its always interesting to watch the traffic passing Robben island

and when I saw the Seven Seas Voyager passing I drove to the Waterfront to capture her docking

since I had to do my weekly shopping anyway

Here she comes and its a tight fit

there were loads of people watching

even though we get plenty of cruise ships this is a big one

Seven Seas Voyager is a cruise ship for Regent Seven Seas Cruises.  Every cabin on board is a suite with a balcony. In 2006, a Forbes.com article listed the Asia leg of the Voyager's world cruise as the most expensive cruise in the Asia region

Missing Construction bars of new WC Cape Town Stadium found !

Here they are on the  left and right in the process of being painted

And by the way, just in case you take this  or my blog serious ..

the blog post title is tongue in cheek !

Amazing Facade progress on Southside of World Cup 2010 Cape Town Stadium in Green Point

Sorry for the boring images recently guys but haven't been well this last week

 so this was my first outing again

I was amazed at the progress especially since a freighter sunk with a container of facade material on board

(they retrieved it but its delayed a little
I didn't expect them to be this far already !

but stood just in the one spot till dusk

Allot of activity going on I would have loved to zoom in but couldn't use my telezoom because of the

strong gusts of wind rocking my tripod

I could hardly tear myself away from it

It looked so gorgeous

Sunset over Green Point Ritz hotel and the Cape Town Stadium

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