{"id":2598,"date":"2011-05-22T12:21:43","date_gmt":"2011-05-22T10:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/?p=2598"},"modified":"2011-11-10T23:27:54","modified_gmt":"2011-11-10T21:27:54","slug":"morning-walk-on-table-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/morning-walk-on-table-mountain\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning walk on Table Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"eventDate\">Wed<br \/>\n18 May 2011<\/div>\n<p>After rising early in the morning and blackening my thumb for democracy, I took the first cable car up Table Mountain and spent the morning walking through the mist and tourists on the top.<\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/table-mountain2_LMcC_4497.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\" data-rl_title=\"Table Mountain\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2610\" title=\"Table Mountain\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/table-mountain2_LMcC_4497-575x383.jpg\" alt=\"Table Mountain\" width=\"575\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/table-mountain2_LMcC_4497-575x383.jpg 575w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/table-mountain2_LMcC_4497-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/table-mountain2_LMcC_4497.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nThe mist was a little annoying in that it made taking photos of the city pretty hard, but it was really lovely up there. Early morning is definitely a great time to be on the mountain;\u00a0 it was pretty busy by the cable car entrance and restaurant, but after walking for a few minutes there was total isolation, it was wonderfully peaceful.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2598 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/table-mountain2_LMcC_4415.jpg' title=\"Table Mountain\" data-rl_title=\"Table Mountain\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/table-mountain2_LMcC_4415-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Table Mountain\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/table-mountain2_LMcC_4419.jpg' title=\"Camps Bay\" data-rl_title=\"Camps Bay\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/table-mountain2_LMcC_4419-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Camps Bay\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/table-mountain2_LMcC_4423.jpg' title=\"Camps Bay\" data-rl_title=\"Camps Bay\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/table-mountain2_LMcC_4423-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Camps Bay\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/table-mountain2_LMcC_4437.jpg' title=\"Cape Town\" data-rl_title=\"Cape Town\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/table-mountain2_LMcC_4437-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Cape Town\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/dassies2_LMcC_4438.jpg' title=\"dassies\" data-rl_title=\"dassies\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/dassies2_LMcC_4438-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"dassies\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/webs2_LMcC_4467.jpg' title=\"webs\" data-rl_title=\"webs\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/webs2_LMcC_4467-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"webs\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/grass2_LMcC_4474.jpg' title=\"dewy grass\" data-rl_title=\"dewy grass\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/grass2_LMcC_4474-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"dewy grass\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/grass2_LMcC_4478.jpg' title=\"dewy grass\" data-rl_title=\"dewy grass\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/grass2_LMcC_4478-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"dewy grass\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/grass2_LMcC_4480.jpg' title=\"dewy grass\" data-rl_title=\"dewy grass\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/grass2_LMcC_4480-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"dewy grass\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/table-mountain2_LMcC_4491.jpg' title=\"Table Mountain\" data-rl_title=\"Table Mountain\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/table-mountain2_LMcC_4491-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Table Mountain\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/table-mountain2_LMcC_4495.jpg' title=\"Table Mountain\" data-rl_title=\"Table Mountain\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/table-mountain2_LMcC_4495-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Table Mountain\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/table-mountain2_LMcC_4504.jpg' title=\"Table Mountain\" data-rl_title=\"Table Mountain\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/table-mountain2_LMcC_4504-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Table Mountain\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Table-mountain2_LMcC_4507.jpg' title=\"Table Mountain\" data-rl_title=\"Table Mountain\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Table-mountain2_LMcC_4507-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Table Mountain\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Table-mountain2_LMcC_4520.jpg' title=\"Table Mountain\" data-rl_title=\"Table Mountain\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Table-mountain2_LMcC_4520-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Table Mountain\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Table-mountain2_LMcC_4524.jpg' title=\"Table Mountain\" data-rl_title=\"Table Mountain\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Table-mountain2_LMcC_4524-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Table Mountain\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Table-mountain2_LMcC_4542.jpg' title=\"Table Mountain\" data-rl_title=\"Table Mountain\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Table-mountain2_LMcC_4542-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Table Mountain\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Table-mountain2_LMCC_4551.jpg' title=\"Table Mountain\" data-rl_title=\"Table Mountain\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Table-mountain2_LMCC_4551-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Table Mountain\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/plant2_LMcC_4598.jpg' title=\"plant\" data-rl_title=\"plant\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/plant2_LMcC_4598-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"plant\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/moss2_LMcC_4601.jpg' title=\"moss\" data-rl_title=\"moss\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/moss2_LMcC_4601-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"moss\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/me2_LMcC_4606.jpg' title=\"me\" data-rl_title=\"me\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/me2_LMcC_4606-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"me\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/table-mountain2_LMCC_4629.jpg' title=\"Table Mountain\" data-rl_title=\"Table Mountain\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/table-mountain2_LMCC_4629-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Table Mountain\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>While I do enjoy hiking, I&#8217;m pretty lazy and generally prefer &#8216;mountain walking&#8217; to mountain climbing, so I recently bought a Cable Card that gives me one cable car trip up and one trip down per day, every day (provided the cable car is running, of course). If you live in Cape Town, I highly recommend you invest in a <a title=\"cable card\" href=\"http:\/\/tablemountain.net\/visitor_info\/cable_card\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cable Card<\/a> and spend more time on the mountain.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not really sure if it deserves to be declared one of the new 7 wonders of nature, but Table Mountain is definitely a very special place.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Vote for Table Mountain to be one of the new 7 wonders of nature <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votefortablemountain.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">over here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read more about the Cable Card <a href=\"http:\/\/tablemountain.net\/visitor_info\/cable_card\/\" target=\"_blank\">over here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wed 18 May 2011 After rising early in the morning and blackening my thumb for democracy, I took the first cable car up Table Mountain and spent the morning walking through the mist and tourists on the top.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[55,182,23,24,25,164,12,57,181,180],"class_list":["post-2598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-out-about","tag-cape-town","tag-introspection","tag-landscape","tag-macro","tag-mountains","tag-nature","tag-photography-2","tag-south-african","tag-table-mountain","tag-winter-days"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2598"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2625,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598\/revisions\/2625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}