Cape Town

Cape Town is South Africa's oldest and second-most populous city. It is also the legislative capital of the country. In the late 16th century, Portuguese, French, Danish, Dutch and English ships regularly stopped over in Table Bay in route to the Indies.

Cape Town
Cape Town in the morning
Table Mountain Under Cloud Cover
The flat top of the mountain is often covered by orographic clouds, formed when a south-easterly wind is directed up the mountain's slopes into colder air, where the moisture condenses to form the so-called "table cloth" of cloud. Legend attributes this phenomenon to a smoking contest between the Devil and a local pirate called Van Hunks. When the table cloth is seen, it symbolizes the contest.
Table Mountain Covered By Orographic Clouds
Photograph taken from my apartment, Cape Town, South Africa

Cape Town and Table Mountain
Photograph taken from my apartment, Cape Town, South Africa
Cape Town Harbor
View from the steps up to my apartment in Cape Town, South Africa.
My Cape Town Apartment
I took this picture from the street looking up.

Outside My Apartment On The Street
Cape Town, South Africa. March 1999. Table Mountain in the background.
Tree Canopy
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Cape Town, South Africa

Colorful Flowers
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Cape Town, South Africa
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden
Table Mountain in the background
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden
Cape Town, South Africa. March 1999

Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden
Cape Town, South Africa. March 1999
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden
Cape Town, South Africa. March 1999

Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden
Table Mountain under clouds in the background, Cape Town, South Africa. March 1999
Buccaneer Guns
Cape Town, South Africa. March 1999