Cape Town at last!

At last I can report in! Currently we're stansing in a non-moving queue trying to check-in to catch the Air Botseana flight to Maun.

Our last few days have been filled with highs and lows ( as Liz would put it!

The biggest high was seeing the grogeous Erin, barely recognisable with more than twenty braids bobbing around on her head. They look great and lots of coloured South Africans smile when they see them.

We've visited the Eros school and seen 'her' kids in prep R, all 13 of them. Very cute and they sang all of their best songs for us  ( including a Xhosa song I know from choir Kerryn! The si-ah-hamba....song).

Cape Town is very spectacular, the city squashed in between high mountains and the sea. Totally dominated by Table Mountian: which brings me to one of my lows - I spent the entire time there looking at the top of the Mountain to seeif it was clear enough to get to the top in the cable car. Unfortunately it is winter so the 'tablecloth' as the clouds are fondly called here, only lifted for very short periods, so we never made it to the top.

We spent 3 days wandering around visiting the sights and Museums and trying ou the local food and transport systems.

Highlights include:

A visit to the District six Museum. If ever there was an example of aprthied stupidty this was it. In the early 60's with apartheid in full force, a  decree was issued changing what had a been a vibrant multiracial ( although poor) community consisiting of cape muslims, indians local coloureds into a WHITES ONLY area. So 60,00 onhabitants were told to move out and were provided with shanTY substabdard housing to move into.  the fact that the area was high on Table Mountain with fabulous views may have been a motivating factor.The people were moved out, communities split up and almost every building razedand now it is a barren field and has never been developed. The4 original inhabitants have registered land claims, and it has become so contentious that no property develope will touch. All of the South africnas just shake their head in amazament about the pointlessness of the whole exercise, as we did.

Luch at mama Africas: bobotie pie which is mince with egg on top and banana. i had Zimbabwean diva: chicken and spinach stew
have to go Plane boardingAt last I can report in! Currently we're stansing in a non-moving queue trying to check-in to catch the Air Botseana flight to Maun.

Our last few days have been filled with highs and lows ( as Liz would put it!

The biggest high was seeing the grogeous Erin, barely recognisable with more than twenty braids bobbing around on her head. They look great and lots of coloured South Africans smile when they see them.

We've visited the Eros school and seen 'her' kids in prep R, all 13 of them. Very cute and they sang all of their best songs for us  ( including a Xhosa song I know from choir Kerryn! The si-ah-hamba....song).

Cape Town is very spectacular, the city squashed in between high mountains and the sea. Totally dominated by Table Mountian: which brings me to one of my lows - I spent the entire time there looking at the top of the Mountain to seeif it was clear enough to get to the top in the cable car. Unfortunately it is winter so the 'tablecloth' as the clouds are fondly called here, only lifted for very short periods, so we never made it to the top.

We spent 3 days wandering around visiting the sights and Museums and trying ou the local food and transport systems.

Highlights include:

A visit to the District six Museum. If ever there was an example of aprthied stupidty this was it. In the early 60's with apartheid in full force, a  decree was issued changing what had a been a vibrant multiracial ( although poor) community consisiting of cape muslims, indians local coloureds into a WHITES ONLY area. So 60,00 onhabitants were told to move out and were provided with shanTY substabdard housing to move into.  the fact that the area was high on Table Mountain with fabulous views may have been a motivating factor.The people were moved out, communities split up and almost every building razedand now it is a barren field and has never been developed. The4 original inhabitants have registered land claims, and it has become so contentious that no property develope will touch. All of the South africnas just shake their head in amazament about the pointlessness of the whole exercise, as we did.

Luch at mama Africas: bobotie pie which is mince with egg on top and banana. i had Zimbabwean diva: chicken and spinach stew
have to go Plane boardingAt last I can report in! Currently we're stansing in a non-moving queue trying to check-in to catch the Air Botseana flight to Maun.

Our last few days have been filled with highs and lows ( as Liz would put it!

The biggest high was seeing the grogeous Erin, barely recognisable with more than twenty braids bobbing around on her head. They look great and lots of coloured South Africans smile when they see them.

We've visited the Eros school and seen 'her' kids in prep R, all 13 of them. Very cute and they sang all of their best songs for us  ( including a Xhosa song I know from choir Kerryn! The si-ah-hamba....song).

Cape Town is very spectacular, the city squashed in between high mountains and the sea. Totally dominated by Table Mountian: which brings me to one of my lows - I spent the entire time there looking at the top of the Mountain to seeif it was clear enough to get to the top in the cable car. Unfortunately it is winter so the 'tablecloth' as the clouds are fondly called here, only lifted for very short periods, so we never made it to the top.

We spent 3 days wandering around visiting the sights and Museums and trying ou the local food and transport systems.

Highlights include:

A visit to the District six Museum. If ever there was an example of aprthied stupidty this was it. In the early 60's with apartheid in full force, a  decree was issued changing what had a been a vibrant multiracial ( although poor) community consisiting of cape muslims, indians local coloureds into a WHITES ONLY area. So 60,00 onhabitants were told to move out and were provided with shanTY substabdard housing to move into.  the fact that the area was high on Table Mountain with fabulous views may have been a motivating factor.The people were moved out, communities split up and almost every building razedand now it is a barren field and has never been developed. The4 original inhabitants have registered land claims, and it has become so contentious that no property develope will touch. All of the South africnas just shake their head in amazament about the pointlessness of the whole exercise, as we did.

Luch at mama Africas: bobotie pie which is mince with egg on top and banana. i had Zimbabwean diva: chicken and spinach stew
have to go Plane boarding