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South Africa, Cape Town

Overlooking the Central Business District

Our ship in the bottom foreground

Others enjoying the view from Signal Hill overlooking the city below and the ocean in the distance.

Robben Island where Mandela was imprisoned. Political activist and lawyer Nelson Mandela was imprisoned on the island for 18 of the 27 years of his imprisonment before the fall of apartheid and introduction of full, multi-racial democracy. He was later awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and was elected in 1994 as President of South Africa, becoming the country's first black president and serving one term from 1994–1999. It takes its name from the Dutch word for seals, robben.

Closer look at the Cape Town Stadium or DHL Stadium

Looking down into the harbor and famous Swinging Bridge in the center right of the photo. It is next to the African Trading Port, the square white building in the center of the photo.

People sitting on the green plastic covering waiting for the sunset on Signal Hill. Also during the day they have hang gliders take off from there and land on the grassy areas below near the beach. What a kick that must be.

Great place for a picnic and a sunset. There is only so much room too as it drops off substantially at the end of the hill.

View of the sunset in Camps Bay

Another view of Lions Head with residential neighborhoods below and the ocean at Sea Point.

Lions Head again with a little different view.

Like any big town in general don’t walk around anywhere at night, especially alone. Other than walking between restaurants and bars in busy areas, it is much safer to take a taxi after dark because that is when you are more likely to be a target of pickpockets. The areas which are safe to explore by foot at night include; the V&A Waterfront, Camps Bay, Somerset Road in Sea Point and Kloof Street. The outlaying Townships can lead to problems and should be avoided.

Sunset over the hills we have been earlier this evening.

The pool area all alone at last.

The harbor as the sun is setting.

The ship and the Harbor area

My all time favorite place to visit in the harbor and in the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront Harbor area is The African Trading Port. This is my 4th time to visit here.

This is the exterior of the building in the Harbor next to the swinging bridge. I had pointed it out earlier in a photo from Signal Hill. I was told that the building originally was the old Port Captains Building.

The African Trading Port offers a wide variety of some of the finest examples of African art around. Works of art from many different African countries and cultures are on display here.

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