Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Tips



Heads or Tails
meme

The first photograph was taken from the Lighthouse.

This is Southern most Tip of Africa. The residents enjoy the distinction of being the Africans living closest to the South Pole. It is also the point where the two mighty oceans, Indian and Atlantic, meet.


"At the end of the 15th century the early Portuguese seafarers christened this tip "Cabo das Agulhas" which means "Cape of Needles" and refers to the needle of the compass which at this point shows no real deviation between true north and magnetic north. A truly magic and desolate place, where suddenly one begins to understand the difficulties the early seafarers faced." http://www.lagulhas.co.za/

17 comments:

jams o donnell said...

Wow. It's stark but beautiful. Happy WW

Napaboaniya.Elaine Ling said...

I can almost feel the breeze from the ocean :) Beautiful picture!
Happy WW!

Anonymous said...

Absolutely beautiful. Have a great week...

Neen said...

WOW, amazing location. NIce photos.

Natalie said...

How cool! I'd love to visit those places someday. :)

SaraLynn said...

beautiful! Thanks for sharing it with us!

Raven said...

Beautiful photos... and interesting to learn about something I had never heard of. Thank you.

maryt/theteach said...

Simone, thanks for the history lesson! I would love to be able to stand at the furthest point in Africa! Wow! I love the signs "Atlantic Ocean" "Indian Ocean" Great photos!

Tumblewords: said...

Beautiful! Is there anything better than sun, ocean and sand with some warm thrown in? Lovely post.

Chrisbookarama said...

Very beautiful

Unknown said...

Wonderful.

I hope to be there one day in the future...**dreams**

Welcome at my heads or tails:

:: here::

Have a great day!

SandyCarlson said...

What a stunning place. Gorgeous.

Dana said...

what a beautiful place... I wish i was there.. It looks magical...

Cammy@TippyToeDiet said...

What a beautiful view! Thank you for sharing these photos!

Anonymous said...

Very beautiful.Hi, there! Thanks for the visit!

Mike said...

Great pics for this weeks meme. What a neat place. Thanks for stopping by my blog.

Anonymous said...

Wooo-hoooo, I have a similar photo taken on the other side of the Indian Ocean! It's taken in Augusta Western Australia, where the Indian Ocean and the Southern Ocean meet!

:-))))
Anita