Today we were to leave the guesthouse and return to the MSVG which had arrived in Cape Town at the harbour next to the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront at 7.00 this morning. S & P picked us up at 10.00 am, drove us to the docks and kindly helped us transfer our bits and pieces to the ship. As well as our two small backpacks our chattels had been increased by Geoffrey a 1.50 metre carved wooden giraffe, about 15 bottles of assorted Stellenbosch and assorted cushion covers and presents for the kids and friends. The harbour at Cape Town is South Africa's oldest working harbour and has been developed for mixed-use, with both residential and commercial real estate. By a streak of genius with a bit of local knowledge, even though we did not know
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