The Waterfront
Camp's Bay
Boulder's Beach in Simon's Town
The Great White Shark at the Two Oceans Aquarium
Long Street
Where Nelson Mandela made his first Freedom Speech
p/s That's not me and Laukong btw.
Table Mountain
This mosque was all that remained of the old District 6. In 1966 the apartheid-era government declared it to be a "whites-only" area. All coloured people were forced to move out of the area. The only remaining buildings alllowed to stand were that of worship - hence the mosque.
Since the abolishment of the apartheid rule, many coloured people returned to the District 6. Most of whom are decendants of slaves from the Far East during the spice trade. Traditionally houses were not numbered, so the houses were painted in different colours to differentiate. That trandition has evidently since continued.
Bo-Kaap the Cape Malay area, also now predominatly where the Muslim settlers live. Some Malay words are still used like "lebaran" for the Eid celebrations (though you may want to pronounce it in an Afrikan accent - which I could definitely get used to!).
It's a long, long way to Tippereree...
Finally a place I learnt in my primary school history books
Cape Point
Cape of Good Hope (at least I can now claim that I have gone sampai ke hujung dunia with Laukong - well, almost).
Sightings of the ghost ship The Flying Dutchman (of The Pirates of the Carribean fame) have been claimed - apparently.
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