At the District 6 museum. District 6 was a neighborhood in Cape Town which was defined a Whites Only area during the 1970's. Over 60,000 residents (who were poor, black and colored) were forcibly removed from their homes and moved outside of Cape Town. The entire neighborhood was then razed, but nothing was ever built there.

Unfortunately, not very different from Whites Only signs that used to exist in the U.S.

Street signs from the old District 6.

Map of District 6. Families who used to live there have identified on the map where their homes were.

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A small piece of a very large mural at the District 6 museum.

On the drive down to Cape Point.

Coffee Shop in Simons Town.

A Cuban restaurant hung these flags. I'm very amused by the combination of Cuban & Coca Cola flags.

Simons Town.

Simons Town.

Simons Town.

Simons Town.

Bellevue is everywhere!

I especially appreciate the picture.

South African penguin!

South African penguin.

South African penguin.

South African penguin.

Duckling of some sort.

Ilda.

South African penguins swimming.

Big male baboon.

Young baboon on our car.

Mommy & baby baboons.

Little baboon.

Big male baboon.

We walked all the way up to the building you see in the background. It's way steeper than it appears in this picture.

At Cape Point.

Those little black things in the water are seals!

Ilda.

At Cape Point.

Dassy.

Dassy staring me down. The most interesting thing about these guys is that DNA shows that their closest relative is....the elephant! Really: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dassy

This is the moment when I realized how weird Ostriches are.

Ostrich at Cape Point.

Ostrich at Cape Point.

Ostrich at Cape Point.

It was windy.