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Table Mountain

The rocky prominence of Table Mountain rises up over the streets of Cape Town, an ever present reminder of the beauty and strength of the African landscape. To get this image of first light on the mountain I returned repeatedly to a lookout from neighboring Lion's Head. The brilliant clouds scudding past the mountain and the windswept native plants in the foreground contrast with the silent city, just awakening to a new day.

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Wines of the Cape

Behind a stately seventeenth-century mansion, set in a formal garden flanked by five ancient camphor trees, rows of manicured grape vines rise towards a phalanx of rugged peaks, maroon in the clear dusk light On a similar crisp windy evening, 350 years ago, the first Dutch settlers urged their wagons across the low passes to the fertile valleys inland.

To the south the lights of Cape Town glimmer under the broad bulk of Table Mountain. Across the rough crags of the Helderberg range, lie the rich winemaking regions of Stellenbosch, Franschhoek and Paarl.

Wines of the Cape continued....

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Fruits of the Vine

This story on South Africa for Endless Vacation magazine covered the wine country of Stellenbosch and Franschhoek north of Cape Town.

They have been making wine in South Africa since the 1600's but only since majority rule have they sold in the world market.

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The Fairest Cape

This feature on the people and culture of Cape Town, South Africa was written and photographed for the Japan Airline inflight magazine Winds

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Sauvignon Safari

Images from South Africa's Cape Winelands region illustrated this feature for German GEO magazine

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