Kalk Bay, South Africa
We’re especially fond of this spotting. It captures two global icons side by side—Coca Cola and Che.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Che is as ubiquitous as Coca-Cola. He’s everywhere. You just have to learn to see him.

I didn’t have to look very hard to find Che in South Africa — he kept popping up all over the place. Especially in Kalk Bay, a once-upon-a-time small, fishing village that is now at the outer reaches of Cape Town’s urban sprawl.

I made the side trip to Kalk Bay while I was touring Cape Town because I’d heard about a restaurant there called Cape to Cuba. With a name like that, I was almost guaranteed a Che Spotting, and I wasn’t disappointed.

These colorful murals announced that we’d arrived. This is just one of the many pictures of Che I snapped that night.

Perhaps, if I ever find myself thinking I want to open a restaurant here at home, I’ll open a franchise of Cape to Cuba. According to its web site, the business is looking to expand.