Capetown

January, 2004
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On Jan 21, my old "ship-mate"
Desmond O'Shea treated me
to lunch at Capetown's magnificent
Victoria and Albert Waterfront
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Much has changed in the 40 years since we first met: St. Georges Street was promoted to St Georges MALL
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But at the corner still stood
the "Rhodes Building", where we first met
when his father was director of one of De Beer's
subsidiaries, and he himself just joined Anglo-American as a junior geologist.
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looking up the Cape Dutch facade of the Rhodes Building
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and across to the Chapel
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workers beautifying Capetown
also see one of the obligatory photo STOPS
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more views of the colorful displays on St. Georges Mall
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and the extensive Sanlam Centre
close to the railroad which was within easy walking distance from my hosts and in-laws, Sanny and Chris
BLO fecit 20040304 - Chamber of Mines of South Africa - Cecil Rhodes