Final day in Cape Town

We had a full day to spend in Cape Town before our evening flight, so we decided to make the best of it with an early start. While we had hoped to take a trip up to the top of Table Mountain in the cable car - high winds had foiled our plans. I wasn't so disappointed - it's a long way to the top and I am afraid of heights. So we decided to visit the Green Market Square where we perused the african crafts.

After I successfully negotiated the purchase of several cool items, we moved along for a quick drive through the Cape Flats. Our driver, Mark has a colleague - Tembhala -  who lives in the flats and he would escort us for a quick tour to see what life is really like there. While Cape Town is a beautiful modern city with terrific shopping and restaurants, it is also the site of some remarkably sad living conditions for it's less fortunate population. I will let my photographs speak for themselves but I will say that despite the conditions, the community here seems very joyful with big smiles seen on every corner.

Since we couldn't go up Table Mountain we decided to take a drive up Signal Hill to take some photos of the city below. A canon is fired from the top of Signal Hill every day at noon - it is good to know this beacuse it is incredibly loud and if you aren't prepared for it, it will surely frighten you. Afterwards, we lounged by the pool with a Pimm's Cup (yum) and then visited an African restaurant for dinner where we tasted a delicious Bobotie - a traditional African meat pie. Delicious.