Now that Blue Sky is back in the water at Hout Bay it was time to get play tourist and relax. Granny and Grandpa B-Q booked a great two bedroom apartment in The Lagune resort that overlooked Table Bay with a view of Table Mountain and Cape Town. The hotel had three swimming pools and was located right on the beach. Having sundowners on the balcony a whale treated us to a show, watching him breech just off the beach, top right. When the wind blows in Cape Town, it blows, it was spectacular watching the water blow off the tops of the waves, thankful we were not out at sea.
Previously I wrote about rounding the Cape of Good Hope seaward of Bellows Rock. Here is a picture (left) from land that shows the boil coming off the rock. Driving around Chapman’s Peak Road, we experienced beautiful views of Hout Bay, below. Ruth, Drake, Emma, Phoebe and Ed are pictured at Cape Point with a view of False Bay behind them. The family poses in front of the Cape of Good Hope sign proclaiming the longitude and latitude.
To the left is a photo of Nelson Mandela’s cell located on Robben Island, where he served 27 years in confinement, starting in 1964. We took a ferry to this austere island, which was once connected to the mainland many years ago. Since the Dutch settled at the Cape the island has primarily been used as a prison. It was also used as a hospital and leprosy colony, where the graves are pictured above. All the guides are ex-prisoners and ours, Sipho, above left, served five years. The photo behind him is the last boat leaving Robben island with […]
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