My friend Marlien and I drove out to the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront today. The enormous V&A Waterfront shopping mall has too many shops to even count – clothing stores, book stores, home and kitchen gadgets, music, African artwork – anything under the sun. Outside one can take a helicopter ‘flip’ (short ride of 10-15 mins, about US$300 per person), take a harbor tour, or go out to a Robben Island excursion. We just took it easy and took in the sights, and bought a little souvenir here and there.
Here are the main areas around the Cape Peninsula. I stay out in the Northern Suburbs (Durbanville). The Waterfront is in the City Centre (where it says Green Point, actually). Robben Island is where Nelson Mandela was held prisoner.The Clock Tower at the V&A Waterfront was completed in 1882, and restored in 1997. I’m happy to see it painted red once more (it was painted yellow in 2013 as part of an advertising campaign).‘Each Man To Do His Duty’ says the inscription on the ribbon of this sailor mast head.I suppose I should have cropped the yellow picture frame from the photo, but then the longitude and latitude information would be lost.This is the train station building at Muizenberg. It opened in 1913 and is another one of the Cape Town area’s national historic buildings.
