August 2nd

More participants arrived this morning from London and the States. John and Joanna Brown and the rest of the HERO team are also here, ready for the pre-event meetings tomorrow.

Good weather for our trip to Robben Island where Nelson Mandela was held for 18 of his 27 years in prison. The island is only 7 miles from the mainland and a 30 minute boat ride. The tour was very interesting made especially so by the guide who was himself a political prisoner on the island. The prison was finally closed in 1991.



At the end of the tour we went and saw the penguin colony. Apparently there are over 58,000!

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