vacation still continued....

...After finishing our safari in Botswana we flew back down to South Africa. This time there were no delays or missed flights! Once arriving in Cape Town we were met by more cool weather, since it was winter in the Southern Hemisphere. Even with the cool weather, it wasn't unbelievably cold, however I have become a wuss since I've been living in Ghana.
While preparing for our trip to Cape Town I asked many of my friends where to go and what to see. They all unanimously recommended a visit to Table Mountain if the weather was nice, and also a visit down to the Cape of Good Hope. I must say that my friends were right. The views from Table Mountain are stunning. Next time I'll have to make more of a day out of it, but with our limited time we took the tram up to the top and strolled about for a bit.
I must say that if I ever head back down there I'll try to hike up or explore one of the many hiking/walking trails on the top. The Cape of Good Hope was also really cool, we got to see some truly amazing views. They were absolutely breathtaking.
We also went to Boulder's beach out near Simon's Town and got to walk around on the beach and look at PENGUINS! They were so unbelievably cute, just waddling around everywhere...lol, my Mom was soo happy to see them!

In our 2 days in Cape Town we also decided to check out Robben Island, the prison in which Nelson Mandela and many other political prisoners were detained during Apartheid. It was really interesting to see, and it's hard to believe what happened there during their detention. We had a pretty good tour of the island and the prison by an actual political prisoner. The tour was pretty informative but if you want to learn more about what Nelson Mandela and his countrymen endured for their freedom I highly recommend his book, "A Long Walk to Freedom".
We had a guide in South Africa that took us around everywhere in a private car, and gave us an overview of some of the history and other neat facts about her city. Our guide was a nice lady that seemed to know everything about South Africa. Hence, she knew right where to take us and what to do/see and we were extremely busy.
We strolled along the wharf, checked out the giant mall down there, drove by the construction for the new soccer stadium for the 2010 World Cup, and also went to an ostrich farm and got to feed them. LOL, all in all, our time in Cape Town was limited but we had beautiful weather and an amazing guide. more vaction pics and updates coming soon...