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Locked up in maximum security prison! — Capetown, Western Cape, South Africa

Source: Travel Pod

Nov 07, 2009

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Capetown, Western Cape, South Africa

... and paid for the privilege!

Well, not quite so. The planned trip to Robben Is last Tuesday was cancelled due to high winds so Tim and I left Capetown for the Garden Route. Some 2,500 + kms later we arrived back in Capetown having rebooked a trip to Robben Is for yesterday afternoon. What a wonderful way to finish this 2 month African trip hearing from our tour guide, who was a former inmate on Robben Island for 6 years, his life's story and that reflected a bit on the huge struggles that this country South Africa (and others in Africa) still has to overcome.

Our small rental Toyota Yaris took us all the way to the world famous surfing beach at Jeffrey's Bay (surf was not up that day when we got there) along the picturesque N2 Garden Route and mainly back along the N62 passing by kilometres of wineyards. No we were not into wine tasting or else I would never make it back....

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