AFRICA - CAPE TOWN-DEC 2005 DAY 3

CAPETOWN

Day 3

1 Dec 2005

The day itineraries were driving around Cape Town, viewed the city and watched the local people moved around. As apartheid was abolished, white and blacks live together.

The Castle of Good Hope is the oldest colonial building built by the Dutch in the 17^th century.

Next we walked around the city centre and also visited a local open markets that deals with local arts and crafts

There is a Malay settlement known as De Waterkant previously known as Gallows Hill. The Cape Malay came from Indonesia, were mainly exiled from there

We had a walk in a Cape Town's oldest garden created by European settlers in the 17 century named Company's Garden. There are plentiful of squirrels and pigeons in this huge and beautiful park.

 

                                 

Our next stop was the Iziko Museum.