These are from Table Mountain National Park where the South African penguin reside. They were terribly cute all waddling around. Apparently the South African penguins are called jackass penguins cause they sound like donkeys when the make noise... the people of South Africa don't really appreciate this and are trying to get them recognized more so as the South African penguins :) The last picture is the only picture I got of Table Mountain... it was while we were driving :)
Our last day (before heading to the airport) was pent on Robben Island. This is the island Nelson Mandela was held from 1964 to 1982. Here we got a bus tour of the island hosted by previous inmates (mostly political prisoners) and then a walking tour of the prison. I was more impressed with the bus tour... they took us to the lime quarry in which he worked and in general gave a very good, very understandable tour. The man who gave us the walking tour of the prison was hard to understand and we only got to see Mandela's cell from the outside (it's the window that's open). All in all it was a good experience.
And finally here's a picture of the Quantum 2... our van! And one of our luggage loaders :-D These guys were our lifesavers!
And that's my South African trip! For anyone who lives near me my tapes are open for viewing to whoever so desires!! :-D Thanks for reading!
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