As the day was spent travelling through the South African Garden Route and parts of the Route 62 highway, it seemed that the N2 motorway was going to be the cultural highlight of the day. Thankfully, we made a quick stop in Mossel Bay to visit the Bartolomeu Dias Museum. This proved a very enjoyable and cultural experience, as the maritime museum outlined the journey of Bartholmeu Dias round the southern tip of Africa in 1488.
The RHS students inspect a replica ship of Bartolomeu Dias' trip around Africa.
Furthermore, the museum site had a special exhibition on black empowerment in the USA, relating to the struggled of apartheid in South Africa The grounds of the museum also included a quirky mollusc museum, with a plethora of fascinating facts about shell formation and ocean ecosystems; at least Miss Smith found it interesting.
We continued our journey until we arrived at an Aloe Ferox factory which included a talk about how the product is extracted from the plant; after a visit to the gift shop, many presents were purchased. One hopes all those mothers will be delighted with their anti-aging creams and moisturisers.
After a long day on the coach we finally arrived at our last stop on the tour- Cape Town. As we arrived at the mother city of South Africa the sun was shining and Table Mountian came into view. Apparently it's still raining in England...?
Afetr a brief tour of the inner urban area we arrived at our final hotel and spent the night shopping in the Vicotria and Alfred Waterfront.
The Victoria and Alfred Waterfront - The epicentre of some RHS retail therapy
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