Hlanganani

I went to jail this morning. Heh.

We took a ferry ride over to Robben Island, the site of a maximum security prison for political prisoners and criminals during the Apartheid. The tour started with a bus ride through the island highlighting particular buildings and explaining the history of the Apartheid and the prison. At the end of the bus tour we met an ex-political prisoner who brought us through the actual prison and told us about what they would do to pass the time and some of the little tricks they had to keep secrets from the guards. He told us about one man who was the "artist" of the group who would study the guards master key and eventually carved his own copy out of a wheelbarrow leg. The final stop on the tour was Nelson Mandela's cell. It was quite humbling to be in a place that has so much history packed into a very small area. 

some of us on our tour of Robben Island

Nelson Mandela's cell