Sailing along the coast of Cape Town and our imposing new Stadium

Sipping champagne and having fun !

Someone on board sighed :

"What a sight... its beautiful... Pity about that giant ashtray ! :)

Lol

 I said:  Excuse me !!! :) It is beautiful !

You should see it at night !

and then allot of good natured bantering followed :)

we all had a laugh

But to be fair  I too think it has spoiled the natural beauty

of the coastline but you can't win them all

we have allot to thank that ashtray for 

These photos are supposed to look like the view through  a porthole OK ?

 

You can see the Tafelberg Road here which I walk along from time to time

and took quite a few photos of the stadium from

                                                               The Jolly Roger passing Sea Point

View of Table Mountain and the 2010 Cape Town Stadium in Green Point on a gorgeous spring day

Granger Bay Marina with (left) Devils Peak, Table Mountain and Signal Hill and you can even see the peak of Lions Head peeping over Signal Hill

Today was a gorgeous spring day I had a late and delicious seared tuna/tagliatelle lunch on the terrace of the Radisson Blue Hotel right next to the ocean, with the wide open scenery all around me, I was able to use my new EOS 450D camera for a change
This shot was taken just a few steps away from my chair


I was told today that the Radisson Blue Hotel still has some rooms available for 2010 and at the moment they are upgrading the superior and executive rooms they also have self catering holiday apartments attached to the hotel
Check it out here
Qua position this hotel is hard to beat but you will find mixed reviews here

The Urban Park of the Green Point Common is still a mess

The West side of the Green Point Common is where the new Urban Park is going to be, but right now its just one mud bath Imagine trying to navigate there after dark like I did last night !
This part of the Common looks the most unfinished the East side where the Golf course is looks already fabulous and green Its such an improvement from the brown look of the old Green Point Common !

I know that butyl liners have a limited lifeline so I was surprised to see they aren't using cement but I must admit this one is very THICK as you can see here
The water is still from the heavy rains we had it a week ago, it must be so difficult to work under those circumstances
Click photos to enlarge

Compare this water feature with the 10 story building behind it and you get an idea of the size !