Cape Town, Day 3

Another full day! We planned on going up to Table Mountain since it was a beautiful, sunny, clear day without clouds or wind...HOWEVER...when we got half way up the mountain with our UBER driver, it became apparent that half of the tourists in Cape town had the same plan. So we abandoned that and got the driver to take us to the District Six Museum. This was the area of Cape Town that during apartheid was cleared of all Blacks and people of Colour, as they were forcibly moved to other areas of town that were only for their ‘race’. The history was told with many photos, stories and displays, and the lady who talked to us, told us of her own mother’s evacuation against her will which killed her two days later, of a broken heart. We then Ubered to the hospital where Christiaan Barnard performed the first heart transplant and heard the story in a private tour which was extremely interesting and well done. We then went to an Art Gallery which came highly recommended to us, and although the building where it was displayed was amazing, the art was hard for us to appreciate. We also went to a Diamond Museum, run by the Shimanski Company where we had a 45 minute private tour that taught us about diamond mining, history, grading and cutting which was very informative. There was a singing and dance group performing in the square which we also enjoyed. All in all a busy and interesting day!Read more