Category: travel

A partially obscured view of the abandoned Michigan Central Station above the Roosevelt Park sign. Owned, like the Ambassador Bridge, by Manny Moroun.

Sunset with a tree at Kapama reserve in Mpalunga, near Kruger park and Hoedspruit.

“Dragon” mountains lay behind zebra and impala in the “bush” at Kapama Reserve.

Water Buffalo bathe in late evening in Kapama Reserve, Kruger.

Platteklip Gorge route ascending to the top of Table Mountain.

View back from top of Platteklip Gorge to Table View, eastern Cape Town suburbs.

View of Thelema’s orchards in Stellenbosch, Western Cape.

Hike through the Franschhoek pass yielded these stellar views, fog rolling over the jagged peaks.

A lone tree punctuates the Paarl landscape.

View of the Stellenbosch mountains from the Soms Delta barn.

A fine boulder a the otherwise ridiculous Ernie Els winery.

Vines and mountains in Stellenbosch, near Uva Mira.

Southern Stellenbosch: more mountains, younger vines.

Our arrival into Franschhoek valley.

Sunset view of Table Mountain and the Cape of Good Hope, seen from Uva Mira’s terrace in Stellenbosch.

A cloudy sunset from the Upper Kloof, Cape Town.

“The Old” Lighthouse, Cape Point, Cape of Good Hope.

A view of Cape Point through a rock cravasse, Cape of Good Hope.

Hout Bay, just south of Cape Town, viewed from the famous Chapman’s Drive.

View of Cape Town and Table Mountain from Robben Island.

Back to Franschhoek: southerly descent after a rainy day into the valley.

A swath of ranchland in transition to diverse bushland a the Kapama Reserve.

Parker Cottage in Cape Town; most charming guest house ever?

“Downtown” Franschhoek.

The lavender farmhouse east of Franschhoek.

A more panoramic view of the fields of lavender.

A view down the lines of vines in Stellenbosch.

Rusthof Country House and Ryan’s Kitchen (best meal in South Africa?).

The House of the Book.

Mobile in a Cape Town Cafe.

“Coon” parade, New Year’s Day 2011.

Father and sons? New Year’s “coon” parade, 2011.

Los Pinguinos, Betty’s Bay.

View of parliamentary building (?) from parade grounds, Cape Town.

Great Synagogue, Cape Town.

Bridges.

Boats.

Camps Bay Beach & Twelve Apostles, Cape Town.

From atop Table Mountain: Lions Head, Signal Hill, Cape Town, Devil’s Peak, the flats, and the mountains of the wine country in the distance.

We climbed to the tippity top of that rock (Lion’s Peak); view on the way down of Camps Bay and Twelve Apostles in the background.

Mid-climb up Lions Head peak, view of Boat’s Bay, Sea Point, Signal Hill, and downtown Cape Town.

Atop Lions Head peak, views of Tamboerskloof, the Gardens, Cape flats, Devil’s Peak, Table Mountain and the Twelve Apostles.

South African flora (surprisingly similar to California!).