Day 9

Today we had tickets to visit Robben Island.  The ferry was launching at 9am so we got up a little earlier in order to catch a cab to the waterfront.  When we got to the waterfront, we walked to the Robben Island tour centre and found this on the door:

Boo.  At least this gives Dave another day to read more of his Nelson Mandela Autobiography - Long Walk to Freedom (which he says is an excellent read).  We went in and exchanged our tickets for tomorrow morning at 9am - hope it's running tomorrow!  It was 8:30am and very little was open.  We decided to sit and have cappuccinos at a nearby restaurant.  Dave got up a little later than I did this morning and was not able to have breakfast at the hotel so he ordered some breakfast as well.

We figured this would be a good day to look for that second suitcase we needed as well as check out the Two Oceans Aquarium.  The Two Oceans Aquarium has over 3000 marine creatures on view.  We were able to see sharks, turtles, penguins, and seahorses to name a few.

After the aquarium, we grabbed lunch at Rootis - a Cape Malay restaurant.  After lunch, we asked if they had stretched tea but they had no idea what we were talking about!  Apparently, the Cape Malay cuisine is completely different than traditional Malaysian cuisine. (That's not my beer!)

While strolling through the mall looking for our second suitcase, we came upon an old english style barber shop.  Dave thought maybe his hair was getting too long and would get a hair cut.  Here are a few Before/During/After pics:

I guess it didn't help that the guy cutting his hair didn't speak a lick of english!  

We cabbed it back to the hotel with our new luggage.  Unfortunately, Table Mountain was also closed due to adverse weather conditions - super strong wind and a big giant cloud covering the top of the mountain!  Let's hope it clears up for either tomorrow or Friday!

Side note:  Our super fantastic wedding photographer, Bassem posted some pictures from the wedding on his blog!  Check 'em out: http://bassemblog.ca/married-yvonne-dave-at-la-vedette-banquet-hall-newmarket-ontario/