All Good Hopes @ Cape Town

Same time last year, we were exploring the southern most tip of the Dark Continent. Recently, i read the blog written by my colleague who accompanied me to Cape Town and it refreshed my memories of our stay in Bloubregstrand, Cape Town, ZA. I am copying the content from my friend's blog here as i dont believe i can do a better job than what he had achieved in picturing the beauty of Cape Town. As a preface to the original blog: We stayed in a sea view apartment in a place called Bloubergstrand - translated as the Blue Mountain - the best place i have ever stayed. We had a good view of the Table Mountain - one of the famous land mark in Cape Town - and Robbin Island from our apartment window. This was my first consulting assignment code named 'mission difficult'. The canal walk, VA Water Front, the stroll in the Atlantic beach, KFC, Nandoos, what not...We had all comforts provided by our company and special thanks to the management for making it a wonderful experience. Now, enjoy the blog given below. ...bright PS : I have attached image of Table Mountain and few pictures of Chapman's peak drive - the best drive i have had till date and probably for this life !

Time brings changes and on its way it archives fragmented memories. If I rollback 2 Years from today and try to peep through my Window I would be touched by the aromatic breezes from the Table Mountain and would be greeted by the Symphonic waves of Atlantic.

When i was asked to go to South Africa to work with Old Mutual, I had never expected that I was chosen to watch the best part of the world and i had never dreamt that I was going to be put up on an elegant marine drives of Atlantic before the Table Mountain. On the day when I landed in Cape Town and entered my apartment I realized that there could be places like my apartment also in this world, the most elegant place i have ever lived in my life. In my two months stay i had never felt bored watching the Table mountain and its moods, the phase at which the amazing landscape changes its moods is a lifetime experience to Witness. Sitting with a Cup of Coffee in my apartment patio and looking at the water surfers, boating and canoeing in the rolling Atlantic waves and watching the clear sunsets, I had never realised how my weekends were rolled. I never think that any one can substantially describe the Amazing Sunsets and Moonsets dipping in to the Atlantic.(First time in my life I saw the Moon setting).

I can never forgot the day when we climbed the table mountain in a cableway to experience the spectacular view of Cape town and Atlantic from the mountain top. Our drive to the tip of African Continent through the Chapman’s peak drive is an exotic experience, every turn on the mountanious drive reveals an astonishing landscape to endorse in our lifetime album. Our last drive in SA, to the wine Gardens at Stellenbosh was a pleasing trip and wine tasting at wine yards toasts taste to our lifes.

On the day when we were leaving Cape town, we were not just Nostalgic, we had a feeling that we were missing our home town. Friday night dinners, evening walks on the marine drive, weekend trips and shopping’s, KFC on the Marine drive, 7 - 11 store, Old Mutual staff, Parties, Table mountain, Atlantic, Canal walk shopping’s and last but not the least our successful project and the project team were all Golden memories that we carried from the "Cape of Good hopes "- Cape town. With a heavy heart we took off from Cape Town and had a final glimpse of Table Mountain from the South African Skies.