On Thursday March 25, a Colombian journalist enjoyed a surprised when he purchased his ticket for the cable car and several photographers started snapping him, the 20 millionth customer. The local press had hoped for a spokesperson to provide an eloquent speech about visiting Table Mountain but unfortunately his spoken English was limited. The original cableway opened [...]
Browsing the blog archives for March, 2010
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25 Mar 10
The Queen Mary 2 arrived in Cape Town this morning from Durban and berged at the Eastern Mole, Duncan Docks. With a capacity of 1,500 crew looking after 3,000 passengers, the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront was a hype of activity with new visitors either disembarking or preparing to board her for the onward trip to Rio de Janerio. [...]
25 Mar 10
The Taste of Cape Town kicked off yesterday evening with an array wine farms and restaurants offering tastings and dishes to visitors eager to feast on all the offerings. Rhodes high school, Mowbray, was an excellent venue to host such an event as traffic congestion was minimal and the playing fields provided ample parking for R20 [...]
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Posted in Restaurants
Tagged Bean There Coffee, Bistro Sixteen82, Camils, Cape Town, Fairtrade, Jardine, Nobu, Overture, Taste of Cape Town
Tagged Bean There Coffee, Bistro Sixteen82, Camils, Cape Town, Fairtrade, Jardine, Nobu, Overture, Taste of Cape Town
23 Mar 10
Angus Buchan, evangelist and guest speaker from Kwa Zulu Natal, lead the Cape Town for Jesus event to an audience just over 52,000. With a capacity of 68,000 this was the highest number of spectators attending the stadium and proved once again that South Africa is ready to host the world cup soccer. While some [...]
22 Mar 10
The Train Driver, written and directed by Athol Fugard opened with a preview performance followed by a Q & A at the Fugard theatre. Powerful performances from actors Sean Taylor (Roelf, the train driver) and Owen L. Sejake (Simon, a grave digger in the townships of the Eastern Cape), presented a potent story of trauma [...]
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Posted in The Arts
16 Mar 10
Warwick wine estate have introduced thirty minute vineyard tours. Visitors, David Barnett and Tracy Sampson boarded the jeep by the tasting room and Piet drove them around the vineyards, pausing on route to explain the terroir and different grape varietals. Tracy was interested in getting a better understanding about what happens in the vineyard, “Having the vines explained and [...]
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Posted in Tourism news, Wine news
14 Mar 10
Lance Armstrong started the 33rd Cape Argus Pick n Pay at 6am within the first elite group. He expressed to journalists that he had never seen so many cyclists referring to the Tour De France where he is used being surrounded by around 200. He was also surprised that the first group left in the [...]
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Posted in Tourism news
12 Mar 10
Lance Armstrong has been very busy in Cape Town raising awareness of a healthy lifestyle during the days up to the start of the Cape Argus Pick N’ Pay cycle race this Sunday March 14. Departing Lourensford Wine Estate (Somerset West)with 40 cyclists they cycled 100km to the Westin Grand Hotel, Cape Town. Some of [...]
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Posted in Celebrity news
10 Mar 10
Intermittent rain is not spoiling the fun of the 5,000 audience enjoying Cliff Richard live at Kirstenbosch gardens. “We are near the front in the rain, but having a great time” says Rene Ovadia who sent me this photo of Cliff Richard from her Blackberry while enjoying the show. It is rather ironic that we [...]
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Posted in Celebrity news
9 Mar 10
Lance Armstrong arrived for his first visit to Cape Town last night and immediately tweeted about his challenges at passport control because he didn’t have two full clear pages in his passport! Armstrong will be partaking in the Cape Town Argus Pick N’ Pay cycle race this Sunday. This morning he was in good spririts as he [...]
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Posted in Celebrity news
9 Mar 10
Finally I have found a deli serving a creative breakfast and lunch menu which is vegetarian using fresh organic ingredients. The soft green decor and brown wooden tables reflect an ambience which is clean and rustic. Welcome to Quensh. When you walk through the door, all your senses are activated. The aroma of the freshly [...]
4 Mar 10
A list of forbidden items is displayed at the entrance to the Cape Point Stadium. On the list is the old South African flag which is followed by “banners or flags with content that can reasonably be considered to be sexist, racist, vulgar, discriminatory, infalmmatory or offensive”. In addition, predictably, firearms, knives, pointed umbrellas and [...]
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Posted in Soccer news
2 Mar 10
In 100 days the soccer world cup 2010 kicks off in Johannesburg and Cape Town on June 11. South Africans were asked to wear the yellow South African soccer shirts today to work to mark this occaison. Danny Jordaan, CEO of the Fifa comittee in South Africa was a on a roadshow of all [...]
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Posted in Soccer news
2 Mar 10
Bill Harrop, owner of Bill Harrop’s Original Balloon Safari turned 70 yesterday and celebrated with his wife Mary at Tintswalo Atlantic. Tintswalo Atlantic is the latest addition to the Tintswalo collection and provided the perfect setting to celebrate a special occasion. From Hout Bay we travelled through the toll on Chapmans peak drive and turned [...]
