Saturday, February 24, 2007

CAPE TOWN
(a.k.a. TRYING TO TAKE PHOTOS WHILE LOOKING LIKE YOU AREN'T CARRYING A CAMERA)


street in Bo-Kaap, the Muslim area where our B&B was


mosque on Long Street, City Bowl


wire creations by the artists at Streetwires


Sean and his skewer o' antelope


working en route to Robben Island


looking back at Cape Town from the ferry to Robben Island


best bus tour guide ever, Robben Island


anyone wonder why there's a sign HERE?


through the keyhole in the Maximum Security Prison


the wall of the exercise area


Mandela's cell


our guide at the Maximum Security Prison (and a former prisoner there)


African penguin colony, which we visited after we missed the ferry back


Robben Island sign


dock at Robben Island


Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens













cathedral in City Bowl area


the "tablecloth" over Table Mountain


Rose Street, Bo-Kaap


on the road to Table Mountain


Platteklip Gorge from the bottom


this is about 10 times steeper than it looks


moving a little more slowly...


looking down at the Indian Ocean side from the top of Table Mountain


Cape Town from the cable car leaving the top of Table Mountain

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