Cape Town

Of the three ports we visited during our time in South Africa, we like Cape Town the best.

For one thing, the city is much cleaner than Durban and Port Elizabeth, nor did we hear of any passengers being scammed or mugged.

It feels safer here, although you can still see a BIG difference between the haves and the have nots.

A marimba band greeted our ship this morning. They were even letting people try out the instruments. I was whisked off to a tour bus before I could play with them, alas.

The legacy of Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu can be seen throughout Cape Town, but I was surprised to learn that the world’s first heart transplant took place here in 1967.

Although South Africa has 11 different languages, signs around town are in three languages: English, Afrikaans, and Zulu.

Each day at noon in Cape Town, a canon is fired. This tradition started in the 1800s when ships in port would look for the smoke from the canon in order to set their clocks. Sailors needed accurate time in order to navigate.En savoir plus