Cape Town Cape Town V&A Waterfront; it is normally open but when there is a strong wind blowing they close […]
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Slave Lodge Museum – build in 1679 which makes it the second oldest colonial structures in the country is also a must see in my opinion (especially South Africans, maybe more so because I’m white). I hesitated to go at first, I was reluctant to spend time being depressed, but knowing your own countries history warts and all is a good thing. Cape Town Hardly depressing, I found it very informative and very interesting and left wishing it had more information display and stories told (not nearly like the Castle) – I suppose all the stories will never be told nor be able to either. A journey through a bleak period of the world but specific to the country, illustrated with actual stories and pictures bringing to life and humanising deplorable stories in order to accurately reflect how the past impacts the present. It may sound like a depressing museum, on the contrary I thoroughly enjoyed it, not for its macabre subject, more so getting to know my past and present which is the foundation of which the country is trying to build its future