Fountains Cape Town

... it looks like Cape Breton Island our east.

We hired a local taxi driver today to take us on a tour of the whole cape. Left at 8am and finished around 5. We started by going to Camps Bay, apparently the second nicest beach in the world...it was awesome to see...but we really didnt have very good weather for viewing. Lucky for us the weather cleared up around noon. All morning there was an ...

... 9-15 rapes per month, usually at night (and these are only the cases that are reported). The police officers are also welcome to come in and relax, and get things off their chest. They are in much danger daily of being assaulted, stabbed, shot, etc., and it’s a lot to carry. This room, and this woman, was a light to dark situations. It was really neat to see.

We walked around the community for a few hours, and I recognized many of our ...

... because he had spent the previous 19 days wearing a pair which had the fronts hanging off - so much so that an African previously somewhere during the trip had described them as 'hungry shoes'. This was the end of our tour through SA, Botswana, Zambia and Namibia. What an experience! 25 nights in a tent, a mixture of people - some good, some bad, interesting tour guides, traveller's illnesses, blister beetles, dunes, animals, cruises and white water. We had long hot drives through ...

... for 2010! Work is flying there; apparently they've had to get 4 Project Managers for each corner of the stadium to get it finished. Most South Africans think it will be ready - it has to be, and you can see a hell of a lot of work going on. Gotta point out though that all the work me and Adam saw going on, the workers were literally doing nothing. Sitting around in groups, and every job took 5/6 men to do when 1 would have been enough! It's quite funny as it happens ...

Cape Town is a strangely contrasted city. Look left and you see immense poverty, look right and you see immense wealth. Posh boutique hotels are situated next to downtrodden 'shops' where you can buy a phone that's been stolen from your neighbour the night before (allegedly...). Even the weather changes from 30 degree sunshine and no breeze to a full on gale in less than 30 minutes. But this is what makes Cape Town special, there's a place ...

... a cup of coffee every now and then. This morning we were off to Robben Island where the notorious prison facilty was built to house many of South Africa's political prisoners like Robert Sobukwe and, of course, Nelson Mandela. Mandela spent almost 27 years in this prison. Unfortunately, the building that housed his cell block was being renovated so we weren't allowed to go see his actual cell(you'd think ...

... post signs about them, which I thought was pretty funny so I included a picture of that. And of a baboon. They just look angry. It was beautiful at the top, but so windy! There is a picture of me and Ally and you can tell by my hair just how crazy the wind was! Then we went to eat at this super nice seafood restaurant on Boulders Beach. Luckily they had veggie spring rolls for me, so that was good. After the restaurant, we walked up to where the penguins were. And no joke, the ...

... the most of that shelter Brent: For the sandboarding incident Andy: For joining Len and Ribo in the snoring chorus Alice: For giving Morgan the soaking with water he deserved Len: For being a repeat guest Damon: For learning the meaning of speed and gravity Zoe: For bravery when almost charged by a rhino Troy: For keeping track of time and schedules Ruth: For amusing everyone with her weird dreams and having so many angels dancing down her throat Kendra: For being ballsy ...