Finally in South Africa!

We've made it! After a delayed flight to London, a nice 5 hour break in the countryside of England and a final 11 hour flight to Cape Town, we are finally settled in! This morning started with a bit of confusion becuase Kalie and I didn't know how exactly to get to the hostel we knew we were supposed to stay at tonight. Luckily, we hopped in a cab and we got dropped off right at the door. After a short nap and some prep time, we spent the day at Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela was held prisoner for 18 years.

From the 17th to the 20th centuries, Robben Island served as a place of banishment, isolation, and imprisonment. Today it is a World Heritage Site and museum. In order to access the island, we had to take a ferry across from the mainland and that did not happen without an adventure. The dock was about a 30 minute walk from our hostel....not too bad right? Wrong. Brittany (another girl on the trip) and myself both wound up with rather large blisters during the treck which managed to make the rest of our walking tour of Robben Island quite miserable. Thankfully, it was still a wonderful experience and I'm definitely glad that we did it.

We plan on hiking to Table Rock tomorrow...we can see the mountain range from out hostel and it is BEAUTIFUL. We're leaving early in the morning...so this is probably all I'm going to write for now. It's been a long day and sleep is a more than welcome visitor. 

For more information on what we've done today and where we've been, you can look at these websites: 

http://www.robben-island.org.za/

http://www.backpackers.co.za/