It took us a while to get to Cape Town. We were originally supposed to fly SNA to Newark to Cape Town, but
weather in Newark forced us to land in Cleveland instead. It took us two days to get out of Cleveland and on
to Cape Town to catch up with our tour, but we missed a lot of the sights in Cape Town.
We stayed at the Vineyard Hotel. Very nice accommodations and restaurant; it's only a shame
that we didn't get to stay there as long as we were supposed to.
The view out of our hotel window onto the grounds.
We got there in time to go to the pan-African dinner at the Gold Restaurant.
The menu includes 13 dishes originating from various countries and regions in Africa.
During the dinner, we were treated to some African dancing and singing.
This man is playing a native instrument that uses a large gourd as an amplifying board.
Some of the stews and dishes that we sampled.
The next morning, we got to go up Table Mountain. The group was already supposed to have done this,
but it got postponed by weather, so we were lucky there. This is a shot of the city from the bus.
At the base station, looking up toward Table Mountain.
It's hard to see, but the cable has a lot of bow in it going up to that station on the upper right.
The gondolas are bigger than they look here, holding up to 65 passengers.
Looking back over the cape. It was a cool morning, and we both needed jackets.
Looking off the back side, called the Seven Sisters.
Off the back side to the right. There are hiking trails throughout.
Our next stop was the District Six museum, for a history lesson.
A typical room that might house a family of six.
Our local guide taking us through the history of the forced relocation of 60,000 inhabitants of the district.
It is a very personal museum, with personal artifacts from the families affected.
We continue our bus tour around town...
...ending up at Bo Kaap.
This is a colorful and perdominantly Muslim community in Cape Town.
The area is more touristy now; it's hard to tell what the original neighborhood might have been like.
We missed the group trip to see the penguins, so Road Scholar hired a driver to take us out there
during what was otherwise a free afternoon. This is the boardwalk leading down.
The Africa penguin colony is small, and is threatened by continued development and fishing.
The obligatory selfie.
Could be the mother or the father on this nest.
This area only has about 100 yards of beachfront and its vegetation for the penguins to inhabit.
We wanted a quick and light dinner, so we walked over a local dumpling house.
