Robben Island Prison and Township Tour

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  Langa Township, Western Cape, South Africa
Friday, December 9, 2011

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Ferry we took to Robben Island	YAY we finally got some nice weather	Robben Island had been leper colony	Recreation & work yard for non-solitary prisoners
Prisoners crushing rock 10 hrs / day	Guide was imprisoned here for 5.5 years	Prisoners' garden where Mandela kept his book manu	Mandela's cell where he spent 18 years
Sleeping mats until Intl Red Cross demanded beds	Photo of political prisoners being released in 90s	Prisoners leaving Robben Island	Cape Town from ferry
Cute Vienna pic	Sunny but chilly trip to Robben Island	Table Mountain from ferry	Langa Township "hostel" now houses 6 adult
One sink for 16 families.	Hostels previously for male migrant workers who	Hostel living better than "informal" housing	Little businesses in shacks & shipping containers
Fancy new govt.-provided housing   Comments!	Grocery store	200,000 people live in Langa, between two freeways	Homemade beer pub
All drink from same bucket; two percent alcohol	Tasted sour and like bucket	Cooking maize for beer	Very little litter
Homes in shipping containers	Where our tour started	Where women prepare sheeps' heads for sale   Comments!	Sheep's head is a delicacy
Gov't-provided chemical toilets	People from all over world stay here	Street in Khayelitsha Township - pop. 1.2 million	Khayelitsha Township