Capetown, South Africa

Hi from Africa,
Today we are in Capetown and what a beautiful city.  Surrounded by hills and mountain and located on the Atlantic with lovely sandy beaches.  The Cape of Good Horn is here where ships turn to make the trip around Africa.  What we have seen so far has been a very clean city, modern with many parks and green areas.  Most of the people live in single family houses, so there are very few apartment buildings.  Robben Island where Nelson Mandela spent most of his adult life in prison is also located here a few kilometers off the coast.  It is the 20th Anniversary of his release from prison, so there have been many celebrations.  The African National Congress (ANC) is in power in this country, which is Nelson Mandela's party.  While things are not perfect they are much better without apartheid.  We get off the ship tomorrow and fly to Johannesburg for our safari.  Don't know exactly what to expect but hopefully some good pictures.  More later from the bush, if we have internet access there.  We'll be home on Friday.  It has been a great get away and experience but home sounds pretty good about nw.
Love, Gwen