Capetown Harbor Area

The harbor area--Victoria (and Alfred [sic]) Mall--is a re-development, of course, but one of the biggest and best we've seen anywhere.

Table Mountain from the harbor

In addition to shoppes, cafes, restaurants, even a few cultural
attractions, there was plenty of live music (reminiscent here of
Tropical Montana)

Cruises to Robben Island

Sculpture

Really impressive sculpture

More performance

Harbor rides aboard the Jolly Roger

But the show-stealer was this, um, yacht,
parked outside the mall; Howard and Jenni,
real sailors, headed there first

In for some repairs; on a round-the world cruise; registered
out of Isle of Wight; crew not permitted to reveal who the
owner is

It's the Mirabella V, the world's largest sloop-
rigged sailing vessel (so it says); 256 feet long

Carries its own seaplane [I'm writing this from St. Tropez, and
there is nothing here to compare, not even close to close]--so
my new standard for yachts is whether they carry a seaplane

Inside the giant mall, which had every luxury shoppe we could
think of; impressive, in a way...; in any case, thus ended our long
but excellent day tour of Capetown