Monday, November 5, 2007

Cape Town


Well, we survived the flights over, but it is a long haul. We arrived at the hotel at 6:40am (that's Susan standing with the guard). We rested until High Tea, which is a very elaborate affair at the Mt. Nelson Hotel. Walked around the beautiful grounds, and then to the wharf for a wonderful seafood dinner. Susan finally slept and we started Monday off with a little more energy.

We hired a driver to take us around and drove through Cape Town. Here is a photo of City Hall where Mandela spoke on the balcony to the crowds when he was released from prison. We went on to the Castle of Good Hope, the Rhodes Memorial, Kirstenbosch Gardens the Constantia
wine country, Camps Bay and back to Cape Town. This is a really beautiful city. We are planning to do Stellenbosch on our return to Cape Town in a couple of weeks. Here we are in the Kirstenbosch Gardens.















At Camps Bay you get a really good view of the Twelve Apostles (the mountain range behind Brian).












We have an early (5:30am) departure tomorrow and 4 flights tomorrow to get to our first safari destination, Busanga. Don’t know when we will be back on line, but keep an eye out for more.