We stop at a corner store for refreshments. I have lost my appetite and buy only bottled water. Godfrey Sithole recalls the time in 1962 when he and other students were sent into exile by the ANC to study abroad. The student organizer for this operation was Thabo Mbeki, the new president of the Republic of South Africa. Five days later we went to Robben Island, seven miles from Cape Town out in the Atlantic Ocean.
Boats leave from the waterfront marina several times a day.
About 100 passengers, mostly white, travel with us. Few South Africans are in the group. We meet people from Australia, New Zealand, England and France. There are people in the group from several African countries. The trip is fast and at times rough.