The short drive up from Hout Bay runs along cliffs and through high rise residential buildings that run up the mountain sides and descend to the beaches. It's obviously a very affluent area. I pulled up behind a Maserati parked on the street to take some pictures.
The Victoria and Albert Waterfront is a huge commercial development like South Street Seaport in New York plus two or three very upscale mega-malls. There is everything from tourist trinkets to Louis Vuitton. And the kids line up for a picture with the Lindt Chocolate Easter Bunny (or maybe it is just the free chocolates). This is the other side of SA. They even have beautiful clean bathrooms. Believe me, there were parts of our travel where bathrooms were not in evidence, or if they existed you would be scared to use them.
Our big disappointment of the trip is that the bookings for the ferry to Robben Island were full until Friday, so obviously we can't go. However, it is fascinating to watch the clouds roll off the top of Table Mountain. It looks like someone has a huge smoke machine and is blowing the smoke over the top where it quickly evaporates.
We also tried the Table Mountain Cable Car but it was not running due to the wind. We had been warned about the wind in Cape Town and now see why: gusts are easily more than 50 miles per hour. It is brutal. Even without going to the top of Table Mountain we had a great view of the city. Then we drove out to Signal Hill for more views of the city.
The city has some beautiful Victorian municipal buildings
Hey I got two bunnies like that for the kids! The picture with the white houses built into the cliff looks like Nice. The photo of Table Top Mountain with the clouds blowing over it looks like nothing I have ever seen before. Wow! What's it like to be on the bottom of the world?
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