Greetings from Cape Town!
 

Well, I made it!

Here are a few images from the first day or so.

1. a fisheye view at sunset from our balcony door looking toward's the downtown area and Table Mountain.
2. The Virgin Active Helatclub across the road from our hotel. Is it for Active Virgins or somehow affiliated with the airline????
3. and 4. are long lens view from out hotel at sunset, the harbour and the new stadium being built for the 2010 World Cup matches.

We are off to Robben Island today, the imfamous prison.

We are happy our agent has reached his target safely, and will be able to gather more pictures for further reports to home base. :haha:

Thank you fearless agent.

great photos

The weather looks divine :)

My wife snapped this of me trying to get the sunset with my 800mm lens. Wish she had reminded me to suck in my gut!!!

Why is it that none of you Cellarites matches my mental image of you? Oh, yeah, that's right...I don't know you!!!:p

Gut? Do you mean your tripod stabilizer attachment? ;)

Fantastic!

I take it you are something more than a casual photographer, there, Chris? :D

Keep 'em coming. For my money, living vicariously through the interesting lives of others is the best thing about The Cellar.

Here are some pictures of our funky 4 star hotel room. I really do like it but the furniture and cabinets look they came from the IKEA store or some other Danish shop and there are some very peculular contemporary light fixtures. Anyway here they are for your enjoyment:
1. view of bedroom. We have a nice big comfy bed but a really thick duvee, so we asked for a blanket which is fine. I think duvees are more of a European thing.
2. view of room and bath area
3. Toilet and shower, the walls are all black frosted glass. There is a door but it is open for the pictures
4. Shower for very tall people with faucet control in an out of the way place.

interesting room.

Is that the entrance into the room, right next to the bath tub?

5. Acrylic Sputnik model lamp by bed.
6. Bathtub and mirror for tall people again. Black glass sinks sure don't look good after you brush your teeth!
7. Bar area with uglu print on wall and very mod swag lamp!
8. Close up of way cool lamp; be careful in the dark not to poke you eye out on it!

You can adjust the shower temperature without being under it... that's a plus. Is that a tub in the far corner?

Whoops, yes it's a tub.

No the entrance to the room is to the right of the funky bar lamp.

Are you traveling with that large flatscreen monitor?