I’m heading off now (6:15am!) on a road trip to Jo’burg for a few days. Will be offline most of the time, but back on email briefly next weekend then fully probably on Tuesday or Wednesday from Bangkok.
Adios amigos…
Tag Archives: cape town
Road trip to Jo’burg
A pile of meat at Mzolis
Back at Mzoli’s today. I went out early and ordered a bucket load of meat (literally). There were 20 or 30 of us in total. We did order more meat later though. This was just the first round!
My 2nd attempted mugging
I was on my way home last night. I stopped my motorbike to read a text message. It was just next to the central train / taxi station. Out of the corner of my eye, I spot a guy crossing the road towards me. Not in front or behind me, right towards me. I stuffed [...]
Back to Mzoli’s
I’m going to Mzoli’s again today. Last time my trip to Mzoli’s prompted me to give up alcohol. The following morning I started counting my drinks from the night before. I drank somewhere between 15 and 18 beeers. I felt fine in the morning. Well, perhaps not fine, but normal.
This prompted me to question my [...]
Cape Town Facebook Developers Garage
I was at the Cape Town Facebook Developers Garage last night. I have the badge to prove it!
It was an interesting evening. Pizza was generously provided by Butler’s Pizza. If I’m not mistaken their delivery staff arrive wearing a tuxedo shirt (whatever it’s called) and a bow tie! Fantastic. Drinks were supplied by Joyent (I [...]
Posted in Business, Events, Photos, Techy Also tagged butlers pizza, Facebook, Facebook Developers Garage, joyent, memcache, South Africa 2 Comments
Cape Town January OpenCoffeClub meet
I went to the February Cape Town OpenCoffeeClub meet yesterday. I had lunch with Nur (Nomade One) beforehand. We had a really interesting conversation around religion, values, ethics and business. I look forward to meeting Nur again.
Internet at the event was generously provided by Henk from Skyrove. Skyrove have an interesting business model. They manage [...]
Posted in Business, Events, Openness Also tagged ethical business, google groups, OpenCoffeeClub, skyrove, wifi hotspots, WordPress, wordpress.com 4 Comments
Chilling by my pool
The first little snapshot of where I live here in Cape Town. Here’s my current CouchSurfer chilling by the pool in the garden.
Ismael Lo at Kirstenbosch
Last Sunday I was at Kirstenbosch gardens for their weekly sunset concert. Last week McCully Workshop were playing. They’re a popular South African ’70s band and the concert was excellent.
Yesterday, Ismael Lo was playing. The concert set a new Kirstenbosch record selling out all 6′000 tickets in 6 hours. Ismael Lo is a Senegalese singer, [...]
Posted in Photos, Travels, Videos Also tagged African music, Ismael Lo, Kirstenbosch, McCully Workshop, Senegalese music, South Africa, world music Leave a comment
Cape Town Geek Dinner
I was at the 6th Cape Town Geek Dinner last night (wine kindly sponsored by Stormhoek). It was interesting to meet some local Capetonian geeks. Naturally, some were more geeky than others. Warm thanks to Jonathan for the generous lift there and back. Public transport in Cape Town is sorely lacking, so I wouldn’t have [...]
Posted in Fun, Personal, Techy, Travels Also tagged blog party, Cape Town Geek Dinner, GeekDinner, Jonathan Hitchcock, powerpoint karaoke, sloppy sams, stormhoek, wots for lunch 3 Comments
My first attempted mugging
Long Street is the main backpacker hang out in Cape Town. It’s very much down town, a street lined with bars, restaurants and hostels.
I was walking along Long Street on Friday night. It was just before 6pm, so still daylight. A guy approached me asking for change. I responded with my usual “not on yer [...]
First impressions of Cape Town
I began my journey from New York to Cape Town on Tuesday night, around 3am (technically Wednesday morning!) and I finally arrived in Cape Town on Friday morning around 11am. It was quite a journey!
Naturally, a little celebration was in order on Friday night, after a little sleeping. It turned out to be rather a [...]
I’m going to Cape Town
I just booked the flights. I fly from New York on Wednesday 9 January 2007 to Cape Town, South Africa.
Africa look out, the mac is coming!
