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A Cape Town band's tribute to The Mother City
Monday 23 August 2010
Check out this short music video for a colourful look at Cape Town's best spots being enjoyed by its beautiful locals! This capetonian band took their camera everywhere and shot some cool scenes on a budget of pretty much nothing but as you can see, there's no need for filters and photoshop in here - this place really is this amazing - enjoy!
A sneaky peek into Cape Town's underwater world
Friday 20 August 2010
Check out this video by clicking on the link below to see a mixture of diving experiences in the oceans near Cape Town including close encounters with Cape Fur seals, the captivating kelp forests and the massive Carcharodon carcharius, or great white shark for those of you not interested in the planet’s largest shark’s latin name!
An extreme golf hole in South Africa
Thursday 19 August 2010
Welcome to the world's most extreme golf hole! It's the longest par 3 in the world and from the tee (only accessible by helicopter) it takes the ball 20 seconds to come to rest on the Africa-shaped green 430 metres below.
This picture gives you some idea of the view that awaits you at the 19th tee but have a watch of this short video below to see how the 2008 Open Champion Padraig Harrington got on...
As if each of the 18 holes being designed by a different pro golfer wasn't enough, the Legend Golf & Safari resort in Limpopo topped it off with the creation of a 400 yard par 3 which involves a helicopter ride just to get to the tee. From the top of the Hanglip Mountain you'll need a pretty good set of eyes to see your ball land but make the green and you'll stand a good chance of making it onto the leaderboard alongside names like Lewis Hamilton, Morgan Freeman and Sergio Garcia!
Former West Indies cricketer Franklyn Stephenson has somehow managed a birdie on this beast but we reckon that even finding your ball once you get off the chopper and onto the fairway would be an achievement.
Whether you know your albatrosses from your anti-shanks or you're of Mark Twain's opinion that "golf is a good walk spoiled", you've got to agree that this is a golf hole to shake things up a bit.
A whale of a time in Cape Town
Wednesday 18 August 2010
This is not what you expect when you're out on your boat enjoying the sunshine and beautiful views in Cape Town's Table Bay! The capetonian couple got a bit more than they bargained for when they were out whale watching last month...
Southern Right Whales come to the South African coast between July and November to mate and the males have some pretty flamboyant ways of attracting the ladies' attention but even still, this was a rare occurrence indeed and a big shock for the couple on board. They escaped totally unhurt but the beast from the deep did some pretty major damage to the mast, and yet they insist that the incident won't stop them from continuing their boat trips in search of whales.
On a total change of tack, the Pepper team are keeping their fingers crossed for all of you out there who are anxiously waiting for A-level results tomorrow. Best of luck to everyone!
Keep checking back here for more videos, news and travel tips about all things South African...
Another 4 years
Wednesday 30 June 2010
So that all-too familiar feeling of pain, anger and disappointment was with us again last Sunday – the end of England’s World Cup dreams, for another four years at least, dashed this time by our old foe that is the German Football Team. Not since Italia ‘90 have Germany been the ones to do the damage at a World Cup, they went on to win the tournament that year and who’s to say they won’t do it here in South Africa with their new-look-ish young team?
Four years ago it was Gelsenkirchen and Portugal, this time around, Bloemfontein and Germany. Last time Sven took us to the quarters, Fabio came unstuck at the second round stage. The inquest has already begun, the questions are being asked will continue for some time I’d imagine. Does the Premier League need a winter break? What was wrong with Wayne Rooney? Should Fabio have broken from his rigid 4-4-2 system? And is he the right man to take the team through to 2012? The performances were lacklustre to say the least, and the team just could not reproduce the form seen during the qualifying campaign. After scraping the group stage, we were convincingly outplayed by a better team who stuck effectively to their clear game plan and it is the Germans who will face Argentina in Cape Town this weekend.
Speaking of Cape Town, the tournament is very much still alive and kicking down here. The city continues to embrace its visitors, the locals are packing out the stadium for every game and picking a team and not holding back! I was lucky enough to watch last night’s game in what is a truly awesome stadium, surrounded by crazy Spaniards and mental Portuguese, I kept the faith and wore the England shirt. Spain are clearly a force to be reckoned with as they gave Ronaldo and co absolutely nothing last night, if Del Bosque would only start with Llorente and use Torres for the last twenty, they could go all the way!
Despite England being back home already, there are massive games coming up and it only gets better from here on in. So Chin Up-Son, enjoy the footie and let’s start building for 2014, see you in Brazil!
Doug