South Africa
First night in Africa - the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront in Cape Town.
People dancing to a band in the V&A Waterfront during our first night in Cape Town.
The V&A Waterfront with Lion's Head and Table Mountain in the background.
Nobel Peace Prize Monument, V&A Waterfront
Morning at the V&A Waterfront. This sculpture commerates the four Nobel Peace Prize winners from South Africa - Albert Lithuli (1960), Desmond Tutu (1984), FW de Klerk (1993), and Nelson Mandela (1993).
Nobel Peace Prize Monument, V&A Waterfront
The Nobel Peace Prize sculpture in the V&A Waterfront.
Coca Cola Crate Sculpture, V&A Waterfront
Elliot, the Coca Cola crate sculpture in the V&A Waterfront, with Table Mountain in the background.
On the bus tour through downtown Cape Town.
Art deco skyscraper in Cape Town.
Skyscraper in Cape Town.
The peak of Lion's Head in Cape Town.
View of Cape Town and Table Bay from the base of the Table Mountain cableway.
Signal Hill, viewed from the base of the Table Mountain cableway.
Sign at the base of the Table Mountain cableway. We chose not to venture off the path here.
Riding up the mountain on the cableway.
Riding up the mountain on the cableway.
Riding up the mountain on the cableway.
The top of Table Mountain. This is where the cables that support the cableway are anchored.
Lion's Head, Signal Hill, Robben Island, Table Bay, and the city of Cape Town, as seen from the top of Table Mountain.
Table Mountain.
Looking across Table Mountain away from Cape Town, to False Bay.
Gorge on Table Mountain, with climbers coming up the trail from the mountain's base.
Top of Table Mountain.
The steepest part of the trail we hiked, leading up out of the gorge.
The Cape of Good Hope, with Cape Point in the far distance.