Monday, March 28th, 2005- Cape Town, South Africa

We pulled in around the Cape to the port around 7:30am and the sights were so incredible. The thick fog covered Table Mountain as the sun rose into the sky. After our Diplomatic Briefing we were allowed off the ship. Amanda and I walked around the Waterfront which is made up of shops and restaurants.

In the afternoon I went on a field trip to Robben’s Island which was originally a Leper’s colony, then a military base, and then finally it’s most infamous distinction, a prison from 1960- 1991. Former President Nelson Mandela was incarcerated there as a political prisoner for 27 years before being released. We went on a tour of the island and then took a tour of the prison with a former political prisoner, Derrick Basson.

After the tour I walked around with Kara Morgan for a while and then headed off to St. Elmo’s Pizza with Amanda, Steve, and Ari. Eight years later the pizza was not as amazing as I remembered but it still was good. At least it kept up the streak of me eating pizza in every country that we’ve visited.