first day in cape town, south africa - 4th June

We arrived in Cape Town, South Africa after a longish flight from home. We flew from Singapore on the 3rd and arrived on the 4th. We and checked into Longstreet Backpackers, a hostel along, guess what, Longstreet, and then we left to see the Waterfront . Bought tickets for Robben Island on which Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for a long period of time, as with many other political dissenters in that maximum security prison.

Images of the Waterfront.

View of the mainland of Capetown from Robben Island.

A prison cell.

Us listening to the guide, who was a former prisoner on that island.

The Kramat found on Robben Island silhoutted in the sun.

Ostrich eggs with designs carved out of them, and resold for a hefty price, easily found in souvenir stores.