The Athlone cooling towers to go boom

In a few days time - Sunday 22nd August 2010 to be exact - this famous landmark along the N2 will be sent off  to construction heaven with a loud bang and lots of spectators watching all over Cape Town from Rhodes Memorial to UCT to Table Mountain. 

For those who need to get to the airport, I suggest taking different routes to Cape Town International. Speaking of the airport, it's going to be interesting when explaining to visitors how to get to the city especially when I tend to say "head towards those big towers along the highway and big mountain and keep driving straight" My kind of directions? Well now it's going to be: "Use your Google Maps"

Goodbye another part of my childhood upbringing