Tuesday 13 March

We had today on our own, killing time before our late night flight home. We didn’t go down for breakfast until well after nine and headed out for some sightseeing about 10:30. We visited the District Six Museum which explains what happened when people in a large neighbourhood were told to leave and everything was flattened and not rebuilt, it was just to get them to leave. We then went to the Castle of Good Hope and watched the noon gun demo and then had a tour around. The Dutch built the fortress in 1666-79 as a stop for fresh water and supplies before headed around the Cape for trading in the Spice Route. That was enough for the day, we headed back to the hotel to put our feet up for a while before going for a final fish dinner. We leave for the airport about 9:15 for a 00:40 flight. We will be going home on Air France via Paris, so two long flights to go.