After a long and bumpy flight we arrived in Cape Town with the rising sun of the early morning. Getting off the airplane was like a double relief : walking (again) and discovering the warm and dry climate of South Africa.
I’ll make this post short. Because I’m completely exhausted. Air conditioning of the airplane (=cold), lack of sleep, and now a day being driven around town to check pre-production elements (stylism, life SFX, etc.) burnt all the energy I had left. No, no... no feet into the water or even on the beach. But I must admit that it feels good just to see landscapes, palm trees and blue (surfable) waves of the Atlantic sea.
Melting pot of thoughts of the day : people send you energizing smiles here and it feels good – waiting to get (simple) things make us wonder if we do things fast(er) or if they are done really slow here – coffee, fish and food are delicious – agency life doesn’t care about people being on a shooting (office mail box is already filled with cc. mails and “urgent – we know you’re out, probably can’t read your mails, but still please read and answer immediately” kind of messages) – just can’t read RSS and comment your posts tonight, sorry guys – I still think I could walk on these marshmallow clouds I saw from the window of the plane (thought coming back on every flight I’ve taken so far) ; ) - oh boy... it’s really time to sleep now!
Lovely clickie of CAmps Bay beachfront. Those bumpy flights to Cape Town are frequent, well at least the landing is with Cape Town's south-easter blowing. Enjoy my home-town.
Posted by: Capetonian | March 15, 2007 at 07:27 PM
Looks beautiful, Luc. Hope you are having an enjoyable time in amongst the avalanche of work!
Posted by: Gavin Heaton | March 17, 2007 at 03:19 AM
Wow, thanks for sharing this Luc. Cape Town sounds/looks absolutely exotic. I hope you have time to enjoy it!
Posted by: Sharon Sarmiento | March 17, 2007 at 09:04 PM
Wish I was there and we were having a coffee! (So sorry about the urgent emails. Offices can be such a pain sometimes.)
Posted by: Maryam in Marrakech | March 18, 2007 at 07:40 AM
But at least you're on practically the same time zone! Not like flying for 16 hours and being 11 time zones away.
Have fun!
Posted by: Roger von Oech | March 21, 2007 at 04:41 AM
Great shot, what model camera did you use?
Posted by: Mack Collier | March 24, 2007 at 03:56 AM
Dear all,
Sorry it took me so long to reply. Extremely busy time (again!).
Capetonian,
Yes, Cape Town is indeed a very nice coast town. I was lucky to meet very nice people out there. Thank you for your comment.
Roger,
Nice observation. Same time zone. I wish I could have slept in the plane. Unfortunately didn't much, so if not jet lagged, I was just, simply... exhausted.
Mack,
Thank you. I used an (old should I say) Sony Cybershot DSC-F77. It is not the best digital camera on earth, but it is quite handy when travelling. Also fine tuned contrast and colors in Photoshop.
Posted by: mindblob | March 25, 2007 at 06:55 PM