A Travel Blog entry by shbell from Cape Town, South Africa
Yesterday (Thursday) we took a catamaran to Robben Island where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for almost 20 years for his political work against apartheid. The island is about 5 miles from Cape Town and is sort of an Alcatraz. Our local ...
A Travel Blog entry by shbell from Cape Town, South Africa
Flew into Cape Town yesterday. Lots of shanty houses like Soweto in JoBerg. The Dutch imported slaves from parts of Africa to work the farm areas (sounds familiar?) and these houses with no running water and overcrowded box homes made of ...
Only The Cullinan Hotel offers views of all of the Mother City's main attractions: Table Mountain, the harbour and ocean, the V&A Waterfront and the city skyline. Marble pillars and floors and lush furnishings, transport guests into a world of luxury ...