This poster stating "White will Bokke weer vat" translated means that Jake White (Springbok coach when South Africa won the 2007 world cup) has indicated that he'd like his old job as coach back. Given that the current coach, Peter de Villiers, has come under some heavy criticism lately for tactics and statements made to the media, I'd be mightily surprised if he ends up being the Springbok coach next year again!
What's not so nice about this arrangement is that the smoking section has this awesome long bar counter to sit at whereas the non-smoking section has the 2 meter long space that you see in the top right half of the photo. This time around, or smoking buddies got the better end of the deal. ;)
While walking down the World Cup Fan Walk in Cape Town recently I came across one of their old haunts in Waterkant Street - Crowbar. For some reason I'd always had a picture of an actual crowbar in my mind when listening to the stories of the previous nights fun.
I found it strange that the bar was open late on a Sunday morning, and I guess wasn't surprised when I stepped inside to find that I was their only patron. In case you're curious about how it looks inside, the barman was kind enough to allow me to snap a few photos - one of which I'll share with you in my next post.
However, a few years back we started to see flatbed trucks donning special car-lifting cranes roaming the city streets. Operators pull up to the side of an illegally parked vehicle, slide large jacks underneath the vehicle and lift it up onto the back of the truck.
Park illegally, give them 5 minutes, and your car will be on route to the police impound. Just don't do it! :)
While inflation takes it's toll on peoples budgets it seems to be something that will never be escaped and something that we'll always survive. Now with this in mind, can someone please explain to me exactly why we have inflation. It seems like year on year prices increase, and salaries increase to follow suit - so why not keep prices constant and salaries the same? There must be a reason that I'm failing to understand - please will someone educate me?
Of course, the alternative is that it's too late at night and I've started rambling nonsensical nonsense! You be the judge. :)
Let's see how it all turns out - perhaps we'll be seeing the Olympic flame being lit in Cape Town 10 years from now!
So if you've crossed this bridge you'll also know that it's a swinging bridge - which means that it detaches from the one side and swings open every so often to open the channel, thereby letting boats pass in and out of the yacht basin.
Now you may recall that in my previous post I mentioned that I'd been late and was rushing to meet Kerry-Anne here, near the Clock Tower. As I arrived this bridge had just closed and started to swing open to allow boats to pass. This would have been fine normally, but as I stood there this day I was on the one side and Kerry-Anne was on the other. I'm sure you can imagine how long the five minutes that the bridge was unavailable for felt as her mildly irritated eyes glared from across the channel. :D
I found this awesome photo taken of the building at night. Wow!
While I did pat him on the head a little and rub the bridge of his nose, I can't say that I wasn't nervous that he'd have a snap at my fingers. I mean, can you see the mad look in his eye!? I never knew that they could be so, but this friendly horsie seemed just a little loony.
It was lovely sitting outside in the sun on a warm Winter's afternoon munching on scones and sipping rooibos tea. I'd recommend it highly. :)
While visiting I noticed that they're busy running a series of fairytale theater performances for kids at a cost of R40 per person (big or small). Visit the "Kids @ Delvera" section on their site for a list of the up and coming shows.
In case you don't read Afrikaans - the writing on the barrel reads "Children's theater, Sunday 12:00, Rapunzel"... but you guessed that, didn't you? :)
We drove out into the Stellenbosch farm areas in search of a place to enjoy a mid-afternoon snack. I however to say that I'm astonished as to how few farms Ithat are open the rest of the week) either close early on a Sunday, or aren't open at all. We ended up driving through to Delvera (on the R44 between Stellenbosch and Paarl) where we were too late for real food and had to settle for tea and scones!
Could it be that the farmers union insists on Sunday afternoon downtime? :)
Translated from Zulu the word means "it thunders" and is usually used as a long, loud, and drawn out exclamation of excitement and happiness when a player scores a goal - laaaaaaaaa-doooooooo-maaaaaaaaah! :)
Combined, imagine what buying power they would have!
When I saw these guys I wondered if their time wouldn't be more well spent doing the same with some kind of super-hardy paint. The chalk will wash away with the first, or perhaps second, rains but having these kinds of paintings in appropriate places could be quite a feature. Don't you think?
As a result of the absolutely awesome time that everyone had at the Fan Walk people have been voicing their wish to make this an annual event - a celebration of sorts. Yes, it disrupts traffic for a little while, and may inconvenience you if you're not taking part, but for the sake of the atmosphere it creates don't you think that it's just a grand idea?
I was there (on the fan walk in Cape Town) so it's easy for me to see, but did you notice the two faces? Yes sure, they look friendly enough, gut they remind me of an angry parent telling their kids that they have eyes in the back of their heads... which to be fair, my mother at times also had to have. :)
The vuvuzela aside - doesn't this photo show the good degree of racial unification that's happened in our country over the last 15 to 20 years?
I don't follow Argentinian football, so I'm unsure why he would have these heads strapped to his ears. Dalma and Gianna, as I understand, are Argentinian hero, Diego Maradona's daughters - so this does seem a little odd to me...
The glass roof is more of a glass trimming around the stadium's open top. The glass allows light in, makes the stadium feel more spacious, and keeps those in the stands dry in the event of rain. Players on the other hand don't have it quite as comfortable and most certainly won't benefit too much from the covering!
Incidentally, this ball was also the cause of a lot of controversy during the World Cup as many football players claimed that it was too light and hence frequently behaved differently to what they were accustom to. Fortunately for us we had nothing to do with the making of the ball as I understand the making was coordinated between FIFA and Adidas. Phew! :)
Don't you just love that people are so passionate about their team that they're prepared to go to all the effort of painting their faces like this? This guy was just one of many that went that extra mile. :)
If you're disappointed at the lack of text in this article, don't be sad, please refer here for the background.
I'm sure that if you're a regular follower of Cape Town Daily Photo that you'd have noticed that for the past two or three weeks photos and posts have been infrequent at best. If this made you sad, we apologise, it was totally unavoidable. The good news is that we're back and ready to catch you up on what you missed.
I'll be posting a couple of photos that I've collected over the past weeks over the next few of days until I've managed to catch up on the days that I've missed. Regrettably, due to the amount of time it takes, I'll have to sacrifice the article text until I've manged to catch up to the present day... but this I'm sure you'll excuse me for. :)
I've been wondering whether or not, due to the great winter weather, we'll be having water shortages during the summer months. Perhaps it would be prudent of us to start working on a slightly more water-wise gardens.
Read a little more about the wheel, it's cost, and when she'll be on her way in my previous article on the topic.
Anyway, enough of that - have you stayed at The Cape Grace? If so, what did you think of it? Did it suck? Was it more than you expected it to be?
We've watched one or two football games at Quay Four over the past weeks, and of the places in the Waterfront to view the games, I'd have to rate it to be the place I've enjoyed the most. If you're around and if you want to catch some of the excitement, then this would be a great place to start. Only, allow me to suggest that you arrive a couple of hours before the match to ensure that you get a comfy seat with a good view of the television.