We woke up early this morning to catch the 9am ferry to Robben Island. That is where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned during the 1970s and 80s. The ferry ride took about 30 minutes and you get to see a great view of Cape Town and Table Mountain. It was moving to visit the Island and to see the prison and Mandela´s cell. Our tour guide was a former political prisoner himself (for a 6 year period in late 80s) and got quite emotional when he described life in the prison.
After we returned for the Island we drove via Chapman´s Peak towards Cape Point, where the Indian and Atlantic Ocean meet. It was a stunning, mountainous drive. Along the way, we stopped for lunch and watch Holland Japan. We were impressed with the Japanese team. They certainly have the most interesting hair styles in the tournament. Soccerwise they are also quite good and should have tied the game instead of losing 1-0. We then drove to Boulders Beach Penguin Colony and saw a lot of cute penguins that reminded us of Icelandic puffins. From there we stopped at Cape Point Ostrich Farm. Ostriches are probably the ugliest animals around. And not the brightest. So what is going for them? Is it enough in this world to be fast? Then we drove back via Scarborough to Cape Town. The landscape in this part of the Cape, especially the rugged mountains, actually reminded all of us of the landscape back home in Iceland. So we felt quite at home.
Now we are at home watching Cameroon and Denmark. We are all rooting for Cameroon. We haven´t forgotten that the Danes, our colonial masters, sold us spoiled flour back in the 18th century.
Tomorrow we´re waking up early at 5am to go on a short safari to Aquilah park which is about a 2 hour drive from Cape Town. We are aiming to be back for the big match up tomorrow between Brazil and the Ivory Coast.
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