After a short ferry ride we visited Robben Island and were taken on a tour around the island by a former prisoner. The islands unwilling inhabitants included slaves, political and religious leaders who oppoed Dutch colonialism and other Afrian leaders who resisted the British expansion in South Africa. During the apartheid years Robben Island became internationally known for its institutional brutality. Some freedon fighters spent more than a quarter of a ce...

Another day sunbathing today!! I know you will all be cursing me reading this but hopefully the weather will improve in England soon. We have found a 5* hotel right on the beach that thinks we are guests and so let us through to the pool area!! We get complimentary towels and soft drinks and havent yet been asked for our room number! The sea is absolutely freezing so its nice to have a pool to cool down in.

We spend the day today down at the harbourside. Its very safe around here and you can just sit in the sun and watch all the performers like at Covent Garden. In the afternoon we went on a boat trip with the promise of seeing the dolphins. And within about 10 minutes of us sailing they were swimming alongside the boat. I took several pictires hoping on one I would catch them at the right time as they come above the water but I dont think Im going to make a ph...

This will shock some of you but today I actually paid to go to a museum!! It was part of going out to the townships to visit the local people and before you could go they want you to go to the museum to get a history and understanding of their backgrounds. On the trip thats now finished we were not allowed to actually see how the local people live as it would be intruding on their privacy and so we would just drive past all the towns and just see shack aft...

This was my first day waking up without everyone from the group being at breakfast. It felt a bit strange but luckily some of them are still here in Cape Town we are just dotted around different areas now. It was nice today to just go to the beach and not do much else during the day. In the evening we went back to the Afrian club which we went to on the first night of getting here. Everyone gets up and dances to the local bands that play.