Today was a free day. The weather was not brilliant - fine misty rain. Two of us decided to take the famous mini-bus into Cape Town for a bit of sightseeing.
After a quick walking tour past the local Parliament and gardens we found the local hop on hop off anywhere Tourist bus. For R100 (about $7.00) we got a day ticket. The first part of the journey took us around various landmarks of Cape Town before heading to the lower cable car station on Table Mountain. Looking up the mountain we could see the top - a contrast to the morning so we got a one way ticket and decided to walk down.
The cable car is a fairly new version which can rotate 360 degrees in the short time to the top. he views were great across the city below and out into Table Bay to Robben Island where as so many people have told us Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for so many years.
The next job was to find the right path down. There is a walk way for most of the tourists which you can't get lost on but we had to get off this and find one that took us back to the start. Luckily we eventually found the right one and headed down this steep gorge with overhanging cliffs dripping water over us. We passed several people going up the mountain and rest assured them that the top was just around the next corner. The fools!
After a decent lasting an hour and a half we ended up back in the tourist circuit and rejoined the Sightseeing bus for a couple more hop on and offs before ending up back at the Waterfront - the old docks which have now been transformed into hotel/shopping complex and the departing point for trips to Robben Island but sadly I'll have to leave that for another day.
2 comments:
Hey mate. good to hear that you are getting around and enjoying be a part of all thats going on. Keep up the info updates as its interesting to learn about life over there. lots of love, take care.caroline and the gang xx
Glad to see your navigation skills are up to there usual standard!
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