Out of Africa

We had planned to go to Robben Island on Sunday, our last day in Cape Town. The hotel arranged for tickets two days prior for the 11:00 ferry for the popular tour of the former political prison. After breakfast, we drove down to the wharf and dutifully stood in line for about 30 minutes waiting for the 11:00 ferry. Finally we were ready to board. The ticket taker pointed out that our tickets were for the 9:00 ferry and to please step aside. So much for Robben Island.
Rather than lose our last day in Cape Town, we decided to go to Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens. We programmed TomTom and off we went. We ended up at a mall on the opposite side of the city from Kirstenbosch.

After reprogramming TomTom, we ended up at the gardens with a couple of hours to spare before we needed to go back to the hotel and head for the airport.

The gardens were very nice, alhough between spring and summer and therefore not in their prime. The gardens were full of families having picnics and parties on a windy and cool afternoon.


We packed up, made a short detour for some pix of clouds boiling over the top of Table Mountain and were off to the airport.

20 hours later we would arrive back in Amsterdam.

South Africa is a beautiful and remarkable country. We didn't scratch the surface of all there is to do in Cape Town and surrounds and could have easily sent another couple of weeks there.

On to the next chapter.

Pix from the 5 days we spent in Cape Town can be found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/14356799@N06/sets/72157622668439928/