Day 110: Cape Town, South Africa

Please meet (L-R) Akhona, Rushi, and Andy who were running a booth at the port terminal. They were kind enough to exchange Rupee’ to USD for my on-going collection of currencies from different countries. Got to chat with them a bit before going on our excursion.

We had planned to go to the top of Table Mountain - weather & winds caused that excursion to be cancelled. Instead, we went to the top of Signal Hill - AMAZING. The pictures I got of the clouds around Table Mountain made the trip.

We sat in the back of the bus and asked around with Mike and Carol and were very happy to get to know them even better.

It is still a wonder that as we walk around the ship there are still so many people we don’t know. There is no way that would be possible anyways.

We also saw Robben Island from Signal Hill as well as Lion’s Head. It was excellent. It was windy, the views stunning, the bus driver has more guts than I do, the curves were tight and the mountain is steep.

The Natural History Museum was very well done lots of great information and exhibits. They have a Fine Arts Museum next door but we did not have time to visit it.

So, Day 110 I have pictures of Table Mountain hidden in the clouds - On my Day 111 post you can see why they call it Table Mountain. This is listed as one of the 7 natural wonders of the world.

When we got back on board we were disappointed to find out that the weather caused us to stay in port another day. Overall, we have been very fortunate to have very few weather interruptions.

Donna and I agree South Africa would be a place to visit again. I could see doing a one week real safari; with one week touring the city and other sites nearby.Read more