Cape Town Gallery

Guinness World Record for the highest number of riders on a single wave at Muizenberg

South African surfers take to the water in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the highest number of riders on a single wave at Muizenberg in Cape Town, September 2, 2007. The surfers posted an unoficial tally of 71 riders standing on a single wave for more than five seconds, easily surpassing the official record of 44. This total, however, still has to be ratified by the body, as does the 73 recorded at the same venue last year. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings (SOUTH AFRICA) FOR BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE SEE GF2E55D0O8801 - RTR1TDA1

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A flock of ostriches stand beneath overcast skies in a field near the small Southern Cape town of Swellendam November 9, 2006. The giant birds are farmed for their meat, eggs and feathers in a growing export industry. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings (SOUTH AFRICA)

Mail arriving by boat in Calshot Harbour, Tristan de Cunha

Tristan de Cunha - Mail arriving by boat in Calshot Harbour. Tristan da Cunha, colloquially Tristan, is a remote group of volcanic islands in the south Atlantic Ocean which includes Gough Island. On 10 October 1961, the eruption of Queen Mary's Peak forced the evacuation of the entire population of 264 individuals. Evacuees sailed to uninhabited Nightingale Island, where they were picked up by a Dutch passenger ship that took them via Cape Town to Britain. The islanders arrived in the UK to a big reception and were settled in an old Royal Air Force camp near Calshot, Hampshire - which subsequently gave its name to the harbour depicted here (following the islander's return). Date: circa late 1960s

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