Well, it's my last day in Cape Town. I've had a good few days here. It's a bit of a disappointing day today, not great weather but it's the first time I've been able to see the famous mist descending over the mountain. Went to Robben Island yesterday to see where Nelson Mandela et al had been incarcerated as political prisoners, it was an interesting place to visit. I'd envisaged it as being a purely prison island like Alcatraz for example but the island is quite vast and there's a small village there. The tour involved two sections, firstly a coach tour around the island to get an overview of the whole island and then a tour around the high security prison where the political prisoners were held away from the other criminals who were detained
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