Cape Town Day 6: Anniversary Extravaganza: Bo-Kaap

Friday, July 2 – Happy 5th Anniversary to us!

Cape Town, RSA

We visited Bo-Kaap (official), the Malay Quarter.  It is a gorgeous neighborhood of bright pastel houses and buildings.  Many Muslims live there and there are great calls to prayers.  It is definitely unique from all the other neighborhoods and has a very distinct, community feel.  We really enjoyed our time there and had a nice chat with a gentlemen who was returning home after afternoon prayers (he liked that we enjoyed his neighborhood).  We walked all over the neighborhood, up and down the slopes, and found some cute hipster stores encroaching on the edges.  We headed back to the center of Bo-Kaap for a Cape Malay lunch at Biesmiellah.  We had Denningvleis (a yummy lamb dish) and Bobotie.  It was super good.

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2 comments

  1. David Allen
    September 11, 2010 at 9:20 pm

    This reminds me of some areas of Singapore. Great pictures!

  2. thadd
    September 15, 2010 at 4:27 pm

    That very first photo reminds of Old San Juan Puerto Rico. It looked exactly like that.