Day 21 – Cyclist Invasion

Cape Town, Die Ou Skip Caravan Park

We took the boat out to Robben Island for a tour  - this is where Nelson Mandela was kept for 18 years of his 27 years in gaol. We were herded onto buses and taken around the main sites, then dropped off at the cells where an ex-political prisoner gave us a very informative tour. We felt very fortunate to  be luck enough to hear a witness’s account of his 7 years here, in another 20 years people will only be hearing the stories from guides.

The Cape Town waterfront was very busy, it was Sunday, plus there were cyclists everywhere as this was the weekend of the Cape Town cycle tour – the biggest event of its type in the world, with 35000 cyclists!

We then drove to the Botanical Gardens and enjoyed a pleasant walk, the gardens are famous and rightly so, very beautiful and well maintained.