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Postcards from the Transition

Postcards from the Transition.

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Tag: South Africa

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Thoughts on Leaving Cape Town

April 8, 2018April 8, 2018 Rich McClear

It’s 6 AM.  I got up to use the toilet a few minutes ago and my mind won’t shut down with thoughts and images of South Africa, the “Rainbow Nation.”  It was an intense and engaging three days. There a … Continue reading Thoughts on Leaving Cape Town

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Cut Short at Both Ends

April 8, 2018 Rich McClear

Tuesday morning we got up early to watch us sail into Cape Town.  We were supposed to be ashore at 8 AM. When we got within 8 miles of port the captain got a message that another ship was taking … Continue reading Cut Short at Both Ends

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Cape of Good Hope Castle

April 7, 2018 Rich McClear

This is a post of pictures of the Cape of Good Hope Castle.  For the narrative please click on this link to “A Walk Through Cape Town.” Continue reading Cape of Good Hope Castle

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A Walk Through Cape Town

April 7, 2018April 8, 2018 Rich McClear

On our last day in Cape Town we set out to see some of what we had not seen on foot, well we took a cab to the starting point and another back to the V&A Waterfront but this was … Continue reading A Walk Through Cape Town

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Victoria and Alfred

April 7, 2018 Rich McClear

That’s right, Alfred not Albert.  Alfred was one of Victoria’s sons who dedicated this port area in the 19th century.  The V&A Waterfront, as it is called, has been repurposed, although not completely repurposed, as entertainment and shopping district.  It … Continue reading Victoria and Alfred

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Reformed and re-Reformed.

April 6, 2018April 6, 2018 Rich McClear

In Stellenbosch I expected the austere Dutch Reformed Church I was used to seeing as a kid, emphasis on the pulpit and perhaps the organ, clear glass and little other ornamentation.  From the outside the Stellenbosch Moedergemeente Reformed Church fit … Continue reading Reformed and re-Reformed.

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Card-Bordeaux in Stellenbosch

April 6, 2018April 7, 2018 Rich McClear

Although I enjoy drinking wine, and Stellenbosch is the in the middle of one of South Africa’s finest wine regions, that’s not the reason we took the Stellenbosch wine tour.  I went because we would have an hour and a … Continue reading Card-Bordeaux in Stellenbosch

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Home Port

April 5, 2018April 5, 2018 Rich McClear

Simons Town sits on the peninsula that ends in the Cape of Good Hope.   It was home port for one of the British fleets that patrolled the critical waters where the Atlantic and Indian Oceans met, a sheltered port in … Continue reading Home Port

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Walking with African Penguins

April 5, 2018April 6, 2018 Rich McClear

People who follow me on Facebook know that I love to take my daily walk in Sitka, take pictures, and post them.  I try to walk on vacation as well.  On Tuesday we took a cab to the Cape of … Continue reading Walking with African Penguins

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Cape of Big Storms — Cape of Good Hope

April 5, 2018April 7, 2018 Rich McClear

The Cape of Good Hope is not the southernmost point of Africa, Cape Agulhas is.  Although the Cape of Good Hope is certainly the most prominent peninsula off the southern coast of Africa and many Cape Towners like to believe … Continue reading Cape of Big Storms — Cape of Good Hope

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Blessed by the Bishop

April 4, 2018 Rich McClear

Today Archbishop Desmond Tutu was a guest on the MS Amsterdam.  He received Holland America Line’s first “Shared Humanity Award.”  Along with the award $40,000 went to the Desmond and Leah Tutu Foundation.  Robert Taylor, an associate of Tutu since … Continue reading Blessed by the Bishop

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Namesake Cape? Almost — Cape Maclear, South Africa

April 4, 2018April 5, 2018 Rich McClear

When I saw Cape Maclear on one map of the Cape of Good Hope and Maclear Beach on another I knew I had to go there. You can hike to the cape and beach from the Cape of Good Hope … Continue reading Namesake Cape? Almost — Cape Maclear, South Africa

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