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What I read today :
What I read today :
Table Mountain Aerial Cableway's renowned Summer Sunset Special starts on Sunday November 1, 2009 and runs until Sunday February 28, 2010. For four months visitors pay half price (R80) after 6pm to travel to the highest sundowner spot in the Mother City. "
and so I lost no time and here is my booty
BTW it is official now , the Cape Town City Council has approved 'Cape Town Stadium' as the official name for the city's 2010 World Cup facility .
More from my Table Mountain shoot tomorrow
Sunset was 7.15
When I arrived at 15 to 6 (was stuck in traffic) there was a queue :(
I thought you could buy tickets before hand but no they weren't selling tickets until 6PM ! So I was not in the first car up if you want to avoid that then come early so you are first in the queue
Green Point with the Ritz hotel on left and Robben Island
To give you a sense of how high this was
When it is time to catch the last car down, just before 8 PM they sound a loud siren
I was a little afraid I would miss it, since I get so engrossed in my photography :) but there was no chance to not hear that siren
When you get outside the cable car station, it is pitch dark, there are no street lights, not very safe, I was alone and had parked my car down the road a bit before I arrived at the station (it is always packed with cars)
It was a little scary to walk there in pitch darkness and not many people around, thankfully the criminals were having dinner
I thought you could buy tickets before hand but no they weren't selling tickets until 6PM ! So I was not in the first car up if you want to avoid that then come early so you are first in the queue
To give you a sense of how high this was
The road you see down there is the Road I drive up when I want to take shots from the top of Signal Hill
the top is onward to the right, but out of this shot
I was a little afraid I would miss it, since I get so engrossed in my photography :) but there was no chance to not hear that siren
When you get outside the cable car station, it is pitch dark, there are no street lights, not very safe, I was alone and had parked my car down the road a bit before I arrived at the station (it is always packed with cars)
It was a little scary to walk there in pitch darkness and not many people around, thankfully the criminals were having dinner
...huh, "renamed" from what?
ReplyDeleteand be careful - tafelberg road on which the cable car station is situated is not known as rapists-alley for nothing - it's a disgrace that they still haven't sorted out the lighting + security
Great pictures are not worth the risk Joanne and I know you know that too.
ReplyDeleteCrime in CT feels so far away from my sheltered world. I went for a walk this evening in the small Swedish village where I live and was thinking about CT while I put on my bright reflective vest over my duck down coat - it was cold :-) The only real risk that I run is being run over cos we don't have either pavements or bright street lights. Please be careful Joanne. Have a good evening and thanks for the great pics....as always.
I am very careful Helen I am very conscious of my surroundings and take no chances
ReplyDeletebut it came as a surprise
to walk outside the cable car station and find it pitch dark As ohjay says Shame on the cable car company not to make their area saFer with at least some lights
I am used to living or being in dangerous places I lived In Angola during civil war and was shot at and visited Ireland regularly and narrowly avoided being bombed a couple of times so CT is a relatively safe :)
"relatively safe" - Compared to two near full-on war zones?
ReplyDeleteThat's why even though I love CT - Grew up there - I could never come back and expose my daughters to that danger.
Take care and I agree 100% that the CC Company really needs to do something about parking and security at such a showpiece tourist destination.
I don't blame you ...said it "tongue in cheek" ofcourse ... I understand your feelings, it is a sad fact that one has to watch one's back front side and top here ....litterally...
ReplyDeleteI have read a lot about this on other articles written by other people, but I must admit that you is the best.
ReplyDeletegreen planet