Today was another day marred slightly by bad weather. I head out on the City Sightseeing bus around 9.30am and headed to the Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens. It was wonderful, and you could easily spend a day or two there, but due to my desire to see other things, and mother nature's desire to rain, I moved on after an hour or so. While there though, I found the "King of Proteas", tne national flower of South Africa. Not only is it a nice flower, but the views from where it is found are spectacular (photos of the view at a later date). There was also a touch and smell garden, and a useful plants garden, both which I though were very good ideas. The next stop on the tour was the Imizamo Yethu township, which is
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