Few great cities have a backdrop like Table Mountain, towering a couple thousand feet above, the most distinctive part of a long, once defining ridge. Of course, the city has now grown to envelope the mountain. Still, it is a sight that no photographs can prepare you for. After the Company's Gardens, our bus took us to the cable car station and a ride to the top of the mountain. As happened on so many other occasions on our African tour, the weather broke just right.
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| From the Company's Gardens |
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| Time for just one more art deco... |
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| From the cable car station |
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| We'll be riding in the red one |
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| The cars are huge, accommodating 50 or more |
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Most interesting, as it rides up the cable, the car itself rotates,
so that everyone gets the 360 degree view |
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| Thus |
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Also interestingly, if they have to rescue you, they can only
do it seven persons at a time |
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| Us, there |
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| Harbor area, where we'll go next |
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Capetown's enormous futbol stadium; rugby is their thing, I
assume |
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| Looking down among the limestone towers |
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| Robben Island, where Mandela was imprisoned |
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| Helpful model #739 |
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| It's a long way to SF |
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| Also DC |
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| Looking toward the actual Cape |
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| And south of Capetown |
1 comment:
Fabulous view from up there.
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