Images of the Waterfront.
View of the mainland of Capetown from Robben Island.
A prison cell.
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.
The peak on the left of the picture is Lion's Head, and that is Cape Town.
We were quite a long ways away from the Czech Republic, but the fine Pilsner Urquell is still there for our consumption.
We went down to Bo Kaap, the area occupiedly mostly by the Cape Malays community. We hoped to visit the museum there, but guess what? There were closed for the week. Bummer.
But at least we got to see the lovely buildings in the area. Reminds me of a Nippon paint ad.
City Hall
Edward VII statue in front of City Hall
At the entrance of the VOC (Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, or Dutch East Indies Company) castle grounds. Technically it's more of a fort, but as a fort, it never really came under attack.
Castle gateway
The inner courtyard, with Table Mountain as a backdrop.
This sundial was used by people to know when to gather for events. I think. I can't remember much of what the guide said.
The veranda on which the governor would welcome his guests, or make announcements.
Fountain on the grounds.
Some messages etched into the doors by prisoners in the cells.
There is a message on this door that basically says this "In the 61st regiment there is a man who robs poor prisoners when'er he can. PAUL SPENCER is his name... I know him well. He robbed me of a dollar." Hilarious. But poor sod.
On the way down to a dark and dingy dungeon.
Soldiers recreating a march pass when the noon gun is fired.
District Six Museum
St. George Cathedral
Some random abstract art piece I saw at the state art museum.
Examples of San rock art at the museum. It was a great museum visit.
Some gigantic skeleton of a blue whale (or something to that effect. I can't remember exactly what whale it was.)
This the view of Long Street from the balcony of the hostel.
We stopped every now and then at places to get a view of the coast and the ocean. And this is da man with our car.
Yay. We were at Chapman's Peak.
View of the coast from the road.
We stopped at Hout Bay to take a look. When we were there, the weather was absolutely fantastic, instead of raining all the time, so it was great for sightseeing.
Then, we got to the Cape Point National Park, where we went to the most southwesterly point in Africa at Cape Point. This is us walking up to the lighthouse on the top of the peak.
The meeting of two oceans.
The most southwesterly tip of South Africa.
At the end where the cliff is, there is a second lighthouse that was built in 1919 at Dias Point because the first lighthouse was so high up that it was constantly obscured by the fog and mist , resulting in many accidents at Bellows Rock and Albatross Rock.
We then drove to Boulders Bay where there is a rather large penguin colony.
Aww.
