Its not everyday you get a message on your phone from a friend saying: "Fancy a 30min flip now over Blouberg & the island? Beaut of an evening!"

When that friend is a qualified pilot who you've turned down many times before due to your own insecurity, you realise that the friendship is on the line and you hear Richard Branson in your head saying "Screw it, lets do it"! I am on a new mission in life afterall and that is to enjoy EACH day to the fullest rather than worry and wait for tomorrow! My reply: "Ok, must I bring my helmet your wife bought me?" elicited a response of "What, cant belive you're really game?" ...."There in 5"

And so we fought our way through rush hour traffic bristling with excitement, knowing that soon we would be soaring high above these poor folks in a plane that I quite ignorantly refer to as being made of cardboard and sticks... sorry Hilt! *BBM Hand over eyes face*

Hilton Mundy, @hiltonchief on twitter, is building up his hours flying out of Morning Star airfield and this evening we hopped into a 2 seater, German engineered, IKARUS plane. The wing is above the cockpit allowing for some spectacular views.

If you've ever travelled to the UK or USA and experienced their subway systems, you'll know that many people eek out a living performing magic, music and anything else they consider a talent. Travellers are used to seeing musicians in the New York City subway, but usually they are just random people not world famous celebrities. Recently though, a few lucky travellers were greeted with a special celeb treat. Musician and singer Michael Buble was randomly singing an acappella version of his new song Who's Lovin' You along with Naturally 7... he is fast becoming one of my favourite performers with his humble approach to his art!

So wandering down to the shoreline tonight I realised we were in for another beautiful sunset. Perhaps not as spectacular as yesterday's (see Atlantic Sunsets - 23 April'13) but certainly unique, as an interesting cloud formation could lead one to believe that the Sun was puffing on a pipe as it set... Tonight I decided that I will try to capture the progression of these sunsets as the sky morphs into darkness. Enjoy!

The Atlantic Ocean has always held a magic power over me and having the opportunity to live on its coastline is a dream come true. Ironically it was a recent visit to the Southernmost tip of Africa that reignited my admiration for the beautiful sunsets that often grace the Atlantic coastline and encouraged me to start actively photo blogging the sunsets that I am privileged to experience!

So, if you're one of those people that only catches a fleeting glimpse of Cape Town's spectacular sunsets, then feel free to relive their beauty here :-)