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Decorative letter D Dispatches from Cape Town, South Africa

Arrived by Bus on Wednesday, January 21st, 2009 at 6:45pm local time

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Decorative letter Saturday, January 31st, 2009
Archery butte; Retreat, Cape Town, South Africa Sheryl waiting her turn to shoot arrows at the target; Retreat, Cape Town, South Africa Sheryl waiting her turn to shoot arrows at the target; Retreat, Cape Town, South Africa Sheryl shooting arrows at a target; Retreat, Cape Town, South Africa Sheryl shooting arrows at a target; Retreat, Cape Town, South Africa Arrows in an archery target; Retreat, Cape Town, South Africa Arrows in an archery target; Retreat, Cape Town, South Africa Arrows in an archery target; Retreat, Cape Town, South Africa
Best Beetle car rental; Plumstead, Cape Town, South Africa Best Beetle car rental; Plumstead, Cape Town, South Africa Best Beetle car rental; Plumstead, Cape Town, South Africa
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Decorative letter In which we somehow manage to avoid shooting each other full of holes
In Retreat, the next suburb down the line from where Joan lives in Plumstead, there's a sports club. We'd passed it before and noticed that it advertised beginners' archery sessions every Saturday. Sheryl and I both love archery. We're not exactly beginners, having shot a few times before, but we're…
 
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Decorative letter Friday, January 30th, 2009
Sheryl in an Ethiopian restaurant; Cape Town, South Africa Interior of an Ethiopian restaurant; Cape Town, South Africa Umbrellas on the ceiling of an Ethiopian restaurant; Cape Town, South Africa Umbrellas on the ceiling of an Ethiopian restaurant; Cape Town, South Africa
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Decorative letter Laughing at the Planetarium
Cape Town has a planetarium, and I never miss a chance to go to a planetarium. Toronto's planetarium at the Royal Ontario Museum is, tragically and criminally, closed and being turned into luxury condominiums, so I don't get the chance to go very often. The shows are always silly and…
 
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Decorative letter Thursday, January 29th, 2009
Weird road markings; Cape Town, South Africa Chestnut husk; Cape Town, South Africa Chestnut husk; Cape Town, South Africa Face made out of a chestnut husk; Cape Town, South Africa Face made out of a chestnut husk; Cape Town, South Africa Burnt flowering tree; Table Mountain National Park, Cape Town, South Africa Burnt flowering tree; Table Mountain National Park, Cape Town, South Africa Dried plants; Countour Path, Table Mountain National Park, Cape Town, South Africa
Dried plants; Countour Path, Table Mountain National Park, Cape Town, South Africa Downward path; Skeleton Gorge, Table Mountain National Park, Cape Town, South Africa Shed spider skin; Table Mountain National Park, Cape Town, South Africa Shed spider skin; Table Mountain National Park, Cape Town, South Africa Flowers; Table Mountain National Park, Cape Town, South Africa Proteas; Table Mountain National Park, Cape Town, South Africa Proteas; Table Mountain National Park, Cape Town, South Africa Orchid (Disa uniflora); Table Mountain National Park, Cape Town, South Africa
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Sheryl and I had been living in Cape Town for six weeks and somehow we hadn't yet gotten around to climbing Table Mountain. We've been lazy, for one thing, and then we were away for a couple of weeks, and then, well... we'll be here for awhile, right? There's plenty…
 
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Decorative letter Monday, January 26th, 2009
Partial solar eclipse; Plumstead, Cape Town, South Africa Partial solar eclipse; Plumstead, Cape Town, South Africa Sheryl watching a solar eclipse with a pinhole camera; Plumstead, Cape Town, South Africa Partial solar eclipse; Plumstead, Cape Town, South Africa Partial solar eclipse; Plumstead, Cape Town, South Africa Partial solar eclipse; Plumstead, Cape Town, South Africa Utility cover; Cape Town, South Africa Dog looking under a door; Plumstead, Cape Town, South Africa
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Decorative letter Partial solar eclipse; Pinhole cameras and a new lens
Today South Africa was lucky enough to see a solar eclipse. I haven't seen a solar eclipse for probably fifteen years. There was one at home a few years ago, but it was cloudy that day and I missed it. I was crushed then, but I didn't think I had…
 
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Decorative letter Sunday, January 25th, 2009
Lamppost and wall; Muizenberg, South Africa
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Decorative letter Muizenberg; In which we brave the horrors of Metrorail; Sunburn again
Muizenberg is a run-down beachfront town, half-past beautiful and coming down fast. Sandblasted and faded by the strong winds off the Cape, its weathered but still flamboyant facades reflect its days of past glory as the British Empire's Cape Colony's fashionable bathing destination. I didn't know I was going to…
 
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Decorative letter Saturday, January 24th, 2009
Joan with her new license plates; Plumstead, Cape Town, South Africa Rocks stained yellow and orange by minerals; Mossel Bay, South Africa Sheryl being mobbed by ostriches during feeding time; Outdshoorn, South Africa Cango Caves; Outdshoorn, South Africa Cango Caves; Outdshoorn, South Africa Sheryl and Marleen; Bloukrans Bridge, South Africa Purple flower; Storms River, South Africa Joan with her new license plates; Plumstead, Cape Town, South Africa
Decorative letter Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
Decorative letter Return to Cape Town at last; Courier stupidity; In which we briefly touch our new passports before sending them away again
In the end, all the bus-related stupidity of the previous couple of days didn't actually cost us that much money. The first thing we did on arriving in Cape Town was to get a refund for the bus tickets we hadn't used in Storms River because the bus didn't stop…
 
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