Dominated by the aptly named Table Mountain, Cape Town is one of the most spectacular cities in the world. Founded by the Dutch in 1652, it is known as the "Mother City of South Africa". The downtown waterfront is beautiful as well, and the surrounding area includes the Cape of Good Hope, the wine country (not that I'm interested), and several penguin colonies. Penguins! Awwww!
But there's more than that. We're scheduled to visit Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela spent 18 of his 25 years of imprisonment, and sprawling shanty towns, where crushing poverty can depress even an optimist like me. Stay tuned.
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