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Cape Point -Via Chapman's Peak and Boulders Beach

October 6, 2010

If you read this blog often you will remember that I mentioned Cape Town and I believe South Africa in general is a study in extremes. The juxtaposition provided by incredible wealth and unimaginable poverty is everywhere. When I am posting photos of Stunning scenery, landscapes and vistas, as I am about to do I always feel the need to inform you of the context of these photos. While I believe they are a wonderful representation of Cape Town and its beauty they fail to show you the poverty and the city’s underprivileged. They don’t provide you with Cape Town’s whole story. I hope to provide you with photos that add to the story and show the other side of Cape Town soon but for now I’ll have to settle with simply informing you so that you keep the following photos in context.

This series of photos was taken on a trip to Cape Point – the southernmost tip of Africa through Chapman’s Peak with Erica’s (and now my) friend Marcello Leucci. Marcello visited us last week-end after attending an optometrist’s conference in Johannesburg. Working with Training Optometrists in Africa (TOA) Marcello is supporting the work of the Tanzania optometrists’ association through online training and collaboration. For more information visit their website: http://toatraining.com.

Visiting this incredible national park has been one of my favourite adventures thus far. To feel the size and age of the mountains, cliffs and shoreline on this route was just incredible and I recommend it to anyone who intends to visit South Africa.

Enjoy the photos,

William

Posted by James William. Posted In : Travel

Sundowners

October 6, 2010

Cape Town, in my experience thus far has a wonderful pace of life. People work hard at their various jobs/positions but they also know the value of wrapping up early occasionally and relaxing. One of the many ways Cape Town-ians do this is via sundowners and this is an event that I am truly learning to love.

On any given evening after a day of work you will find people migrating to beaches, restaurants, or cafe's on the western coasts to spend the evening watching the sunset. Drinking wine, ...

Posted by James William. Posted In : Travel

Kalk Bay - Western Cape

September 28, 2010

Hi Everyone,

Those of you who know me well, know that I often struggle with the decision to take the photo / write the note and document the moment or to simply live the moment and carry the memory with me. Due to this ongoing debate, I am often late with sharing photos or writing and this is one of the reasons that this note has been so long in coming. Other reasons include my volunteer work with the Child Health Unit at the University of Cape Town and Fertile Ground as well as visiting with ...

Posted by James William.

Media Post

September 23, 2010

Hi everyone,

No new photos today but hopefully I will get to post a couple from the flat over the weekend, if the internet hold up. I am sharing with a neighbor that is quite a distance away and it is not reliable but Skype worked last night so I am hoping it is going to behave.

I am just posting a real quick note to share with you two videos; the first is a TED talk involving a wonderful discussion on video’s role in multimedia and the power it will have in the future and the second is a...

Posted by James William.

Lion's Head Hike

September 1, 2010

Hi folks,

You're probably wondering why the redirection from www.facebook.com to here; well after a lot of thought and several discussions I have decided that I no longer wish to use Facebook to share my photos. I don't like the way Facebook works to share photos and I find myself trusting them less and less.

That means that any photos I take that I wish to share I will posting them here on the "news" part of my website and posting a note about the update on my Facebook profile.

I hope you enjo...

Posted by William. Posted In : Travel

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