Cape Town is a fun, busy, easy city to visit. I will be going back, and soon.
I’m not really sure what to write about the city or about South Africa in general. I’m still a little overwhelmed with how great a time we had and how lucky we are to be able to go. We did a lot, but not nearly everything. Not nearly enough.
We didn’t venture as far from the touristy sphere as I would have liked. Cape Town is still a very racially and economically divided place – it’s not that different from Minneapolis, I guess. I would have liked to have gotten further outside our comfort zone, but that will be easier to do next time. I want to visit a township but somehow do that outside of an organized tour group. I’m not sure how to make that happen.
I can prattle on at length about our trip and how great it was, but that would make for a boring post. It’s better to do that over beers.
Westminster Abbey
The Shard, disappearing into the fog.
London skyline from the top of Saint Paul’s Cathedral.
London from Saint Paul’s Cathedral.
Luckily there was, in fact, a way down after all.
Our first Cape Town drinks.
Our first Airbnb apartment.
Basil was one of the two cats that came with our first Airbnb.
This art installation is illuminated every night.
Looking down onto the waterfront and the football stadium from Signal Hill.
A photo of John taking a photo of Sam. Very meta.
From the balcony at our Sea Point Airbnb.
Lion’s Head and Signal Hill from the Robben Island ferry.
Table Mountain from the Robben Island ferry.
The lighthouse on Robben Island.
A sleeping mat from the prison on Robben Island.
The cell where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned on Robben Island.
One hell of a door.
The upper structure for the Table Mountain cable car.
Looking down onto Green Point from Table Mountain.
Lion’s Head and Signal Hill from Table Mountain.
Looking down to the Cape Town “city bowl” from Table Mountain.
Thou shalt not pass. Not right here anyway. Just to the left or right is fine.
Heading down on the cable car.
Devil’s Peak brewery in Woodstock.
The Beer Shack in Port Elizabeth.
The Beer Shack in Port Elizabeth.
Sunset from Stanley Street in Port Elizabeth.
The view from our Stupendous Beach House in Kommetjie.
Playing with long exposures from the deck of the beach house.
Playing with long exposures from the deck of the beach house.
Playing with long exposures from the deck of the beach house.
Playing with long exposures from the deck of the beach house.
Hout Bay from the beach house at night.
Walking out onto Cape Point.
Cape of Good Hope.
The lighthouse glued to the side of Cape Point.
Betty’s Bay from Cape Point.
Cape of Good Hope, from Cape Point.
Simon’s Town, from Cape Point.
The Moon, or at least a close approximation.
14+ square miles of the cape burned in a large brush/forest fire while we were there.
This area burned just a couple days before we passed through.
Some flower.
Walkway through the tree canopy at Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens.
