Cape town is South Africa’s second-largest city after Johannesburg, and it’s safe to walk here. The main landmark is Table Mountain overlooking the city, so called because a large section is flat on top. A circular cable car with a rotating floor goes up to the top. There are many viewpoints connected with paved trails, a café, and a gift shop where people bought sweaters because it was unexpectedly cold and windy on top. Clouds pass above, on, and below the top all around, but the sun came out as well.

On the side opposite the city is a remarkable botanical garden, built up the hill with lots of endemic plants such as Proteas, odd-looking flowers and bushed. They have a brass dinosaur too for some reason.