Sunday, December 21, Cape Town, South Africa

Cape Town, South Africa – Depart the Regent’s Silver Seas Voyager

We got up about 7 and left the cabin at 8.  We went to the Coffee Bar for one last cup of coffee with Michael but he wasn’t there!  We enjoyed it any way.  We waited in the lobby for our number to be called.  Finally, Tim suggested we go into the theatre where George and Grant were waiting and he told me to check in.  I did and they told me that we were independent and could depart anytime we wanted.

We found our luggage and I got a porter to help us get all of the luggage to a taxi.  The porter was R20 and the taxi was R100 – about $12 total.  The Voyager wanted $300 to get us from the ship to the hotel!!!!

We got to the Westin which is very close to the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront (V&A) and they had a room ready for us.  We have a beautiful concierge level room with a beautiful view of the harbor and Lion’s Head Mountain.  We unpacked and took the shuttle over to the mall to check it out.  The Westin has a shuttle that goes back and forth every 30 minutes so it is very convenient.

We did the “Red Line” Hop-On-Hop-Off tour and saw the highlights.  It took us to Table Mountain and we took the gondola to the top which I had never done before.  Spectacular views in all directions.  But it was cold and very windy – not the best conditions for our colds.  We returned down on the gondola and got back on the Hop-On-Hop-Off and went back to the V&A Waterfront

We left the beautiful Voyager - the main attrium

The "bridge to nowhere" - they have never finished it - as seen from our hotel room

The Voyager in harbor as seen from our Westin Hotel room

View of Cape Town as we head up Table Mountain

The peaks of Table Mountain as seen from the cable car station

Table Mountain - a New 7 Wonder of Nature

The cable car coming down from the top of Table Mountain

Views as seen going up in the cable car

West view from the cable car

Headed to the top of Table Mountain

Looking back to Cape Town as we approach the summit

The Voyager in the Cape Town Harbor

Beautiful rock formations on top of Table Mountain

Spectacular views from the top

The peak to the west of Table Mountain - they hang glide from this peak

Beautiful mountain range

To the east from the summit of Table Mountain

Picture on top of Table Mountain

Looking down at residential areas of Cape Town from the top of Table Mountain

Craggy rock face - there were people hiking up the trail

The Victoria and Alfred Waterfront is huge – a great boon for business.  We had lunch outside and watched the comings and goings – it was delightful.  We stopped at the pharmacy on our way back to the shuttle and got nose spray, cough drops, and tablets for the chest congestion.

After lunch we were really tired so we went back to the Westin for a long afternoon nap.  Much needed.  We were supposed to meet George and Grant for dinner but they never called (they said our phone was inoperable).  We ordered room service which was plenty.  We watched Tom Cruise and Chris Rock in a suspense movie, and enjoyed that.  Then to bed for a good night’s sleep.