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Downtown

November 12, 2010

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Downtown Cape Town — trees line Queen Victoria street and the Company Gardens, originally planted to supply fresh products for Dutch ships. Part of Table Mountain is in the background.


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Cape Dutch

October 13, 2010 Images Of Africa
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Kuilsriver, Cape Town One of the styles of houses in the Cape is this one — a gabled thatched home with thick walls, painted with white lye. Most of the historic homes from the 1800′s an earlier are now national monuments, including this one on the vineyard farm, Zewenwacht (“seventh Watch”).


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Wreck of the “Silu”

October 11, 2010 Images Of Africa
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In 2009, during heavy swells, a Turkish flagged freighter, the “Silu” ran aground on Blouberg Beach in Cape Town. The waves in Table Bay were powerful and the vessel engines broke down. She was stranded side-on to the waves after dragging her anchor. Helicopters rescued the entire crew. All the oil was pumped out of [...]


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Wooden Boats

October 6, 2010 Images Of Africa
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Many wooden fishing boats are still used in the southern oceans off South Africa. Traditionally, they were used to drop cages for lobster and hook snoek. Still today, they are very well maintained and painted in bright colors.


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Trunk Music

October 5, 2010 Images Of Africa
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A couple travelling through the Kruger National Park were wide-eyed when a friendly pachyderm decided to check out their car. In this case, size does matter!


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