Our last day in CapeTown was a bit rough. We maaaaayyy have overdone it on the wine at dinner last night, so having to wake up at 7:30 this morning to catch a boat was… not fun. Not only were we tired af, but spending an hour sitting on a rocky boat wasn’t a good time either. We took the boat out to Robben island, South Africa’s equivalent to Alcatraz, except that in addition to regular prisoners, this prison was used for political prisoners including Nelson Mandela. The history of the island is pretty horrific, and hearing about it was made so much more intense because the tours are given by people who were actually prisoners there. It was just insane to hear from our guide how he was treated during his time spent on the island. Such a fucked up part of history
