South Africa  
Oudtshoorn, Western Cape  
Queen's Hotel Oudtshoorn B&B in Kerk Street, Oudtshoorn
There is a variety of places to stay in Oudtshoorn ranging from the Queen's Hotel - one of the oldest hotels in South Africa - to B&Bs - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Baron van Reede Street, Oudtshoorn St John Street, Oudtshoorn
Baron van Reede Street and St John Street - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Kerk Street, Oudtshoorn Baron van Reede Street, Oudtshoorn
Kerk Street (left) and Baron van Reede Street (right) on a September Saturday afternoon in 2011 - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Kerk Street, Oudtshoorn Oudtshoorn, Western Cape
Early colonial and more recent styles of architecture in Oudtshoorn - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Old Suspension Bridge, Kerk Street, Oudtshoorn Police Dog Statue, Oudtshoorn
The old suspension bridge in Kerk Street over the Grobbelaarsrivier was erected in 1913 to link Westbank with the town centre. The notice warns in Afrikaans and English that making the bridge swing is dangerous and offenders will be prosecuted while the inscription on the police statue is first in Afrikaans and then in English - "Ons beskerm en ons dien - We protect and we serve" - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Street Poster, Oudtshoorn Ostrich Cuts/Volstruis Vleissnitte, Oudtshoorn
Afrikaans tends to take precedence over English on signs and notices in Oudtshoorn where, after buying your tydskrifte at P&A, you can visit the slagter (butcher) for a fine selection of meat including volstruis vleissnitte - ostrich cuts - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
CP Nel Museum, Oudtshoorn Feather sellers, Oudtshoorn
Die Hoch Seunskool - Boys' High School - is now the CP Nel Museum outside which women sell ostrich feather dusters in all sizes - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Ostrich Farm, near Oudtshoorn Feather Palace near Oudtshoorn
Taking an excursion to the Feather Palace - an ostrich farm where the house, although still lived in, is a national monument - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Volstruis Plaas, Oudtshoorn Volstruis Plaas, Oudtshoorn
Watching the ostrich watching us - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Volstruis Plaas, Oudtshoorn Volstruis Plaas, Oudtshoorn
Young female ostriches - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Ostrich riding, Oudtshoorn Ostrich racing, Oudtshoorn
If you weigh less than 80kg you can ride an ostrich before watching a race - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Cango Caves, near Oudtshoorn Cango Caves, near Oudtshoorn
The Cango Caves near Oudtshoorn - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Cango Grotte naby Oudtshoorn Cango Grotte naby Oudtshoorn
Only one cavern is floodlit in different colours before it too is restored to white light for more detailed viewing - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Route 62, Little Karoo Route 62 Klein Karoo
Route 62 endeavours to emulate the USA's Route 66 - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Route 62, Little Karoo Route 62 Klein Karoo
Like Route 66, South Africa's Route 62 is popular with bikers - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Barrydale, Little Karoo Barrydale, Klein Karoo
Barrydale from Route 62 - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Country Pumpkin, Route 62, Little Karoo Country Pumpkin, Route 62, Klein Karoo
The Country Pumpkin, Barrydale - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Country Pumpkin, Route 62, Little Karoo Country Pumpkin, Route 62, Klein Karoo
Shortly after leaving the Country Pumpkin we left Route 62 to head for the coast - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Hermanus, Western Cape False Bay, Western Cape
In Hermanus (above) there is a hotel named the Birkenhead which commemorates the wreck of British troopship BIRKENHEAD which was wrecked just off-shore.  From there we drove round False Bay (right) en route for Cape Town - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
False Bay, Western Cape False Bay, Western Cape
False Bay, so called because sailors sometimes mistook it for Table Bay - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Gordon's Bay Approaching Cape Town
False Bay looking towards Gordon's Bay (left);  nearing Cape Town (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Approaching Cape Town Approaching Cape Town
Vineyards give way to housing on the approaches to Cape Town - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow

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