South Africa, Part I
Posted: May 17, 2008
Category: Pastor Steve's Blog
TAGS: South Africa, vacation
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- Windblown at the Cape
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- Ursula convincing him to escape
Good day,
Sorry to take so long to write a travel blog. It’s been hectic since we arrived in Capetown and the chance find the time has been difficult.
May 13, Day 1
Trips went well. Ursula left from Newark and I left from Houston through Atlanta. We both arrived in Amsterdam about 1 hour apart. (U at 6:15 a.m. and me at 7:20 a.m.) We found each other and relaxed until about 8:50 a.m. Our flight went 6000+ miles and arrived at 9:30 at night on May 14th. We were afraid we wouldn’t be able to sleep, but fell asleep fast and slept all night.
May 14, Day 2. Woke up and had a wonderful breakfast. After becoming acclimated to our area and options, we went down to the waterfront. After spending a few hours walking around shops and other interesting sites, we decided to go over to Robben Island (named by the Dutch for the number of seals they saw when they arrived - seal = Robben). A fascinating trip. Robben Island has been used as a prison outpost by various countries, a leper colony for a number of years, a base during WWII and as a site for medium and maximum security. The medium security was for hardened criminals and the maximum security was for political prisoners generated from the apartheid issues of the 60’s through 80’s. One of the big parts of the tour is seeing the cell that housed Nelson Mandella. The trip to the island meant going on a catamaran both ways. Ursula wasn’t to pleased with how it pitched back and forth on the way there, but it was better on the way back.
We met a number of people from all over the world. Very good trip.
May 15, Day 3. Another good breakfast and wonderful staff that we look forward to seeing. Today is a day long trip that will take us to many spots, including Cape Point and the Cape of Good Hope. We had a marvelous day seeing such beautiful area and a lot of variety. We came home bone tired, but it was great getting down to the lowest southwest spot on the African continent.
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Lookout!! That Ostrich will take your hand off!!