The next morning we took the ferry to Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela and other famous South African liberators were imprisoned. The Island held several prisons, one of which famously contained many political prisoners. Interestingly enough, many of these black men were educated and earned university degrees during their incarceration. Our tour was conducted by a former inmate!
That afternoon, we all went to the aquarium on the harbor. Clay, Max and Kristin went scuba diving in the shark tank! It contained 5 Ragged Tooth Sharks, several sting rays, many varieties of fish and two turtles.
We salvaged 4 shark teeth and one set of sting ray teeth from the bottom of the tank. Max loved getting to know the sharks but Kristin felt like it was cheating (although she didn't mind).We went to a wine tasting to sample 60 of the best reds from South Africa. Clive was very knowledgeable and led us to the top producers. Alex enjoyed the first four and ended up napping outside.
Laura added some decorations to his chair...and we have a funny photo to share. That evening we had a spectacular Indian dinner at Bukhara, they had some of the best garlic naan ever.The next day, we all went to Kirstenbosch Gardens and Clay, Max and Kristin (The Adventurers) set off for a hike up Table Mountain.
It was a very foggy day so they decided not to climb to the summit, but the hike was still wonderful! There were views of all of Cape Town and we experienced a large variety of terrain.
First rocky climbing that got so steep we needed ladders, and then a beach on top of a mountain, and then 40 degrees with high speed winds and almost no visibility from fog. It was a 4 seasons hike.They rejoined Laura and Alex for our final dinner. Tomorrow we start on safari in Namibia!
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