| Safari in South Africa and you are sure to want to | | | | The bright pillar-box red of the Clock Tower watches |
| visit Cape Town, the "Mother City" and discover the | | | | over proceedings, as you ponder the menu of Harries |
| Victoria and Alfred Waterfront. | | | | Pancake House. Hmm, now which one shall I have ... |
| Let me be an artist and paint for you the vision that | | | | the dark chocolate mousse or the banana caramel? |
| is the Waterfront. I want to paint a picture before | | | | Out in front of you the jazz band is doing its best to |
| your very eyes, so that when you visit Cape Town, | | | | keep your feet tapping, whilst a few meters further |
| you will be able to say, "This is the very picture Helen | | | | on the seals gently roll and dive, cooling their fur and |
| painted!" | | | | sleeping off the effects of their fishy lunch. |
| Vibrant and alive, not as it once was, with cargo | | | | Across the harbour, the glass and marble of the |
| ships trading on their way round to the Dutch East | | | | shopping malls brings relief from the hot afternoon |
| Indies, but with entertainment and delicious wafting | | | | sun. All manner of beautiful objects longing to make |
| food smells, enticing you to sit, relax and enjoy the | | | | the trip home with you, lovingly wrapped in |
| sunshine and tremendous backdrop of Table | | | | bubble-wrap to make it safely to that special resting |
| Mountain. | | | | place. |
| Situated in what was once the working docks, The | | | | As the sun begins to slide into the water, a chilled |
| Waterfront embodies the 21st Century, whilst still | | | | glass of South African wine allows you to unwind |
| conjuring up nuggets of its past history. The Time | | | | from the days exertions in preparation for the |
| Ball Tower was originally used by navigators out in | | | | evening sail into the sunset. |
| the bay to adjust their navigation aides, whilst other | | | | As one more day in paradise slips away, there's |
| nautical attractions include the South African National | | | | always the knowledge that there's so much more to |
| Maritime Museum, the Victoria Museum Ship and the | | | | see tomorrow. |
| Harbour Masters residence. A Dragon Tree sits | | | | "I have sailed almost everywhere in the world - |
| basking in the sun, whilst its nearest family reside in | | | | except the moon, as my daughter says - But Cape |
| the Canary Islands - an early immigrant from the "Old | | | | Town is the best." ... |
| World". | | | | |