Rain in the cape

Yesterday we had rain so highveldlike which we don't often see here. Hail, thunder and lightning, and high volumes of rain in a short time. This picture is after the rain has been gone for at least half an hour, showing how the drain pipes can't handle the sheer volume of water. Fascinating and scary.

Beinjing Pollution? -- Cape Town

So Beijing has a lot of pollution... I believe it's pretty bad... but Cape Town's is pretty bad too if there is no wind blowing it all around.


That part there you can almost see... that is Table Mountain. There is a whole lot of mountain that you cannot see in the picture.

If you look carefully at this picture, you can see a mountain range (Stellenbosch's surroundings) on the right of the image... There is also, if you zoom about 300% onto the middle of the image, you'll be able to see a hint of it still there... but to the left of it it's totally obscured.

Cape Town is set to host quite a lot of games of the 2010 Fifa World Cup here, and if the Olympic committees had issues there, similar issues could be raised here.

We in Cape Town also need to get our act together in terms of pollution.

Sunset in Cape Town

Yesterday, I was supporting our soccer team (Pep's) in Phillipi. This was the sunset over table mountain. Absolutely incredible. Somehow it was lost on a lot of the people, but my eyes are sometimes just focussed on the beauty surrounding me. It is in times like this that I feel most happy and serene.

Unfortunately my phone's camera isn't the best (maybe in September after my upgrade), but this is why I always wanted a nice camera on my phone.