Here is Steph with her boy! So handsome....
We wanted to visit the apartheid museum and so we went into Jo'burg!
When you purchase your tickets you randomly get classified either as white or non white and you must then enter through the appropriate gate. The tone was set and it was a bit strange having to enter a specific gate.
The entrance shows the different kinds of signage that South Africans lived with for 60 plus years
This was truly shocking to me!
After this point we were not allowed to take any more pictures within the museum. The exhibiton was truly detailed and allowed you to get a feel for the difficult times that all South Africans experienced, the worst ofcourse was for the black South Africans and the horrors they endured. Now more than 16 years after Mandela became president there are still huge issues with health and education, the struggle continues but now it is a truly united country!
After the museum we went to the law office where Mandela practiced!
We were advised to do something fun after the apartheid museum and so we went to the other specturm when we visited the SAB world of beer!
Here we learned about the history of beer making in South Africa, we even got to see this great original beer truck from the 20's. It actually still runs and they take it out for promotional events.
This is a replica of a famous bar that was in "Newtown" near this museum...so they invited us in for a beer!
Birthday celebratrion with Steph! To good health!
After the tour we drove around the city a bit more to soak up the atmosphere...
Reminded us of that great Marley song....
We then crossed the Mandela bridge and were heading home after a great day!
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