Well, that view is NOT what we saw when we climbed Table Mt! By the time we got to the top the whole city was covered in cloud , tho the top where we were was clear- but freezing cold. So we scampered around the top which is massive, looked at all the plants( there is more plant variety on this Mt than the whole of UK ) and got the chair lift down as we didn't have time to walk back down. It was surprisingly hard to climb up with massive rocks to scramble up.
Cape Town is beautiful and we badly underestimated how long we'd need to see it. We had 2 full days and really needed 4 I think.
It has 300+ yr old buildings- Parliament,Governors house ,churches, a fabulous Castle/ Fort which would take hours to explore with an incredible War Museum in it with thorough explanations about the wars SA has been involved in, especially the Boer War. The English only just won it despite 10 times the troops the Boers had, 100 times the casualties, and some very underhand policies- burning all the crops and houses, putting women and children in prison camps.

We saw a lovely old synagogue,but didn't have time to see the Holucost Museum next to it, as of course many refugees came to SA.
There is a beautiful garden, very big, right in the city centre, which was established in the early 1700's to grow fruit and veges for the passing ships.
There is a pear tree there, in sad condition over 300 yrs old. It was flowering still!

We stayed in a gorgeous B and B in a fairly central position, and woke the next day to a clear view of Table Mt, and it stayed that way all day!!! Gggrrrhh!
Oh well. Off we went by ferry boat to Robben Island where Nelson Mandela spent 18 of his 27 yrs imprisoned.
It's a shambolic set up, getting on the ferry after being x-rayed ( no guns can be taken to the island !!!) then onto a boat, then into a bus. You get an ok tour of the island, then a rushed look at the gaol, 2 seconds to see THE cell where NM was the whole time- he never got to change cells then straight back to the boat. No free time at all.
The tours are by ex- prisoners, ours was there for 5 yrs as a teenager for helping to organise protests at the time of the Sharpville Massacre.
Despite returning immediately to our boat we were told it was full so had to then wait for another, but couldn't go back to the gaol!!
Unfortunately I got seasick, and still feel unsettled 2 days later.
We looked around the very posh Waterfront area and shops, then got lost going home, but all was well, tho I was a little nervous.
Souvenirs remain expensive, luckily not to my taste or needs/wants, but restaurant/ fast food and supermarket food is cheap.
I have finally succumbed to my chocolate craving and am back to eating them or crisps at night , plus we are working very hard at drinking our Duty Free Grog( just to support the local economy in the mixers!!!) hmmm!
Next day we had a 7 am departure for our next tour- the following blog.
So all in all we loved Cape Town, it's buildings , scenery etc, and advise anyone coming to have a minimum of 4 days and preferably tmore if you want to go to the Cape, and check out the vineyards.
C