We’re staying at a funky hotel, several kilometers from the waterfront. It’s a Best Western, but not your ordinary Best Western. The art deco style hotel sits below Table Mountain, very near District 6, a formerly mixed racial neighborhood, which was the area of Cape Town that was razed in the 1970’s as part of the Apartheid policy of the South African government. The area remains, for the most part, undeveloped with no current plans to rebuild the area. The rooms of the hotel are quite large; in fact we have a two bedroom, two bath suite, with a full kitchen. Old but nice, and they provide free shuttle service to the waterfront and the airport.
Today we rode the “blue” route of the Hop on Hop off bus tour, which took us to Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens on the slopes of Table Mountain. The variety of plants at the gardens is truly amazing, with plants from all over the world represented. After spending some time at the gardens, we hopped back on the bus for the ride around the Atlantic seashore. We hopped off at Camps Bay, a beautiful seaside beach community with numerous restaurants and shops. We had a wonderful seafood lunch, then back on the bus and return to the waterfront, where we sat at a dockside cafe, enjoyed a beer, and watched as our former home, the Ocean Princess, sailed on without us. Another beautiful day in Cape Town. We’re hoping the Robben Island tours will reopen tomorrow. Our flight to London departs at 6:30pm, so we have almost a full day before we have to leave for the airport. Next post most likely from Dublin.
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