Cape Town, South Africa

SAILING INTO CAPE TOWN

A breathtaking sunrise view of Cape Town's Table Mountain

Cape Town pier

A South African band playing an eclectic part-Western, part-African tune greeted us

Downtown Cape Town; we were in South Africa during National Peace Day

THE TOWNSHIPS OF CAPE TOWN

The small shacks that serve as homes for a large percentage of black South Africans

The Township children; not only their plight but their hope and courage spoke to us of the human spirit

A child looks off past the squalor of Township life to the mountains beyond

KHAYELITSHA: HOPOLANG PRIMARY SCHOOL

The spirited, hopeful children of K-Litsha's Hopolang school

The children sang a touching song about South African youth putting their weapons down and coming home

KHAYELITSHA: A VISIT THROUGH THE TOWNSHIP

These children performed a native South African dance for us

This young girl tried so hard to dance as well as the older children; the result was that she was simply adorable

K-litsha from afar - this giant lightpost that looms over the Township is a stark reminder of South Africa's dark Apartheid past; lightposts like these lit the Townships with a permanent dusk that allowed police to conduct their nighttime raids and numerous atrocities

To learn more about the dark legacy of Apartheid in South Africa, please visit some of the sites listed below:

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission

A HIKE UP TABLE MOUNTAIN

A mountain view of the mist-covered Cape Town

Views up (left) and down (right) the mountain pass we were hiking through

A gorgeous view of the upper plateau that gives the mountain its name

A giant natural reservoir on the top of Table Mountain; this reservoir provides Cape Town with much of its water

A view on the hike back down; the King Perota flower, with a bloom the size of a large fist, grows in the bottom-right corner, and Cape Town's enormous botanical gardens can be seen in the distance

BREEDE RIVER

A view of the Breede River, which we both canoed on and camped near

I have a soft-spot for animals, and I was especially endeared to this one; this is the camp 'guard-dog' Half-Jack, so named because he is part Jack Russell terrier

The Breede River camp; I stayed in one of these covered wagons, which did little to keep out the rain and cold

Canoeing on the Breede River

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