I am so glad that it officially is one of the new wonders!

Rory Alexander in South Africa

This morning I was privileged to attend the inauguration of Table Mountain as one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature. The one thing about nature is that we can’t control it and the weather wasn’t the best with Table Mountain shrouded in cloud this was the view from Tafelberg Road at 6:45am as we arrived for the plaque unveiling at the Cableway’s lower station.

The low hanging cloud didn’t dampen the mood though as  Bernard Weber (Founder-President of New7Wonders) spoke about how the voting process had been a great example of democracy with great high levels of participation from all nations across the globe.

The official plaque was then unveiled by Patricia De Lille (Executive Mayor of Cape Town) and Bernard Weber (Founder-President of New7Wonders) together on stage with Sabine Lehmann (Managing Director of Table Mountain Cableway and chairperson of the Official Supporter’s Committee)and Jean-Paul de la Fuente (Director of…

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