Day 3 Cape Town

Sunday we took a ferry boat from Cape Town to Robben Island. This is were Nelson Mandela was in prison. They took us on a bus tour of the entire island where people now live and the prison is not operating. The school is still being used and the original post office is being used. After the bus tour we had a walking tour of the prison guided by a man who was actually in the prison with Mandela. We then went to Table Mountain and rode the cable car to the top and looked around and had a cup of Hot Chocolate. It was so cold and windy on the top of the mountain. I am glad we went on Sunday because it has been closed since because of the weather. Usually the top of the mountain is in the clouds. When we got home we took a taxi to canal walk mall and found the golden arches. I never thought I would say it but it tasted so good. I have only been to one other place that I could say McDonalds tasted so good and that was in Mexico. We got a lot of shopping done that we needed to do. We found our driver some tennis shoes, we got some small birthday presents for kids in Luanda, and we got the boys some tennis rackets. We did a little more grocery shopping and even found a Cinnabon where we got some cinnamon rolls for breakfast on Monday. The taxis here are so funny...we got to the mall for 100R and a different guy wanted to charge us 200R to get back to the apartments. We did end up talking him down to 150R.

Jared & Hannah on the boat headed to Robben Island.

The Jones going to Robben Island

Waterfront

Cape Town & Atlantic Ocean

Cape Town & the Stadium

JoAnn & Kenny with Cape Town & Table Mountain in the background

Adam & Jacob

Jared

Cape Town

Robben Island

Our boat

The burial ground for people with Leprosy.

The limestone quarry where all the prisoners worked.

A Church were only black men could go.

Another church built for the prison guards/wardens that is still being used today for weddings.

School and it is still being used today.

Cape Town from overseas(Robben Island). :-)

Gun that the military used when they were on the Island during WW2.

Lighthouse

Jared on the tour bus.

Adam

Jacob

Jacob and me. I had to remember back to the picture because he looks like Jared in this picture. :-)

Sweet Hannah

South African flag

The ex-prisoner giving the tour through the prison.

Looks like Jared and Hannah are discussing something very important. 

Nelson Mandela's jail cell.

Jared took this picture of Hannah.

Jared

Kenny in prison.

JoAnn locked up.

Restrooms and showers

"Let us out we will be good we promise."

A key made by prisoners trying to escape.

Huge plant.

Cell block

Listening to the tour guide.

Cable Car to the top of Table Mountain

Can you see the little building on the top of the mountain? That is where we are going.

Jacob riding the cable car to the top acting silly. The floor on the inside of the cable car turned in circles while going to the top.

That is where we started at.

Pictures off the top of the mountain.....

My boys.

Kenny

Jared

The stadium from the top of Table Mountain.

Lions Head peak

The Jones on top of Table Mountain. You can see Robben Island to the left of Kenny.

Cape Town

Jacob took our picture...he did very good.

Farrah, Jacob, Aiden, Jared, Hannah

Jacob & Jared

Jacob

Jared with Cape Town & Robben Island in the background.

Jacob, Jared & Adam

My wonderful husband on top of Table Mountain.

Me on top of Table Mountain.

Jared

Jacob

My boys!!

Jared & Hannah

Farrah...Queen of the Mountain.

Hannah...flying.

Jacob....King of the World!!!

Jared....King of the Mountain!!!

Jones Family

Amer Family

Wael acting silly!!

Jared & Adam

Jared, Adam & Jacob

Adam & Jacob

JoAnn & Kenny

The boys.

Adam acting like his daddy!

Sweet...sweet Hannah!!