Cape Town Finale - Beauty and Poverty

Our African adventure ended in Cape Town with fine dining, live music and great people. Cape Town was lovely, with table mountain, good restaurants and lots of wandering potential.

On the darker side, 2\3 of the population (black and colored) still live in "townships". We took a tour of one of these commmunities to see for ourselves. The trip was eye opening! The scars from aparteid still show full force here. Sixteen people in a shack, buckets for toilets, no running water, immense poverty! Things are changing and the old shanties are being replaced but the standards are still very low... Current trends are positive but the reality of the past is appalling! Sanctions actually worked in this case to force political change...

We did love this city anyway and will return when we can to support the South African people. World Cup construction is underway and the government will have made some big changes to put on a good face for the worldwide attention. Sport can improve the world!