After a second long flight from Doha to Cape Town via Johannesburg, arrived at our hotel about 6:30pm local time. Kids were still awake but not for long. They managed to do a fair TPF reading on the flights, in addition to watching various movies and animal documentaries. Early wake up this morning by most (Kai was last), big buffet breakfast that Aki thought was outrageously expensive at 200 Rand until she recalculated and realized it was about $25!

Sightseeing included a long walk down Long Street, the castle, South African Museum, Company Gardens (created by the Dutch East India Company to grow vegetables for ships passing by), and lunch on the waterfront where we managed to Skype grandparents in Tokyo. Tomorrow morning we take the boat to Robben Island where Nelson Mandela was in prison for 27 years (and used as a prison for over 400 years). Jet lag is still with us, which is okay as we leave for the boat at 7:30am tomorrow. Also getting excited for the penguins at boulders beach the day after tomorrow, apparently you can swim with them. Kai also pushing hard to scuba dive with great white sharks, he may try to negotiate a less expensive package by taking out the cage rental.

Hot here, 33 degrees Celsius today...