First stop on our South African Adventure was the very beautiful city of Cape Town. With the ocean on one side and Table Mountain on the other, it is a very picturesque place. 
I remember reading and studying about the days of apartheid in South Africa. It was quite sobering to visit Robben Island, the prison island where Nelson Mandela and many others were held as political prisoners. Mr. Mandela was in custody a total of 27 years and 13 of those were on Robben island. He wrote his book, Walking to Freedom in this cell and hid the manuscript in the gardens just outside.
A cable car ride to the top of Table Mountain is a must for any visitor to Cape Town.
We were afraid that we weren't going to be able to go up as our first attempt was thwarted by bad weather. When it is windy the cable car just doesn't operate. We got lucky and later in the day the winds died down and the skies were clear so we got to take the cable car up and thoroughly enjoy the magnificent view.
Wow. Incredible view. I'm glad you got to see Nelson Mandela's cell. What a magnificent man.
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