The trip across to Robben island was very sobering.
Ex political prisoners still reside in the island with former guards and is now a community of approximately 200 people. The dog kennels were more spacious than the prison cells.
Nelson Mandela spent 18 years of his 27 year incarceration at Robben Island in maximum security. The swim from the island to the main land would have been harder than any rotto swim I have completed even though the distance is less. I would struggle to get past the breaking waves which is why it probably made an ideal prison location.
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