A Visit to Robben Island

Robben Island is famous for being the place where Mandela was jailed for 18 years. 

In some ways,  it almost reminded me of concentration camps in Europe. While it was not so extreme as a death camp,  it nevertheless has a similarly somber place. 

Of course, there is a good reason for this. After all, this was a place where people were taken into isolation and specifically made to suffer. So while it wasn't quite as extreme as the Nazi concentration camps were,  it nevertheless was still in the same ballpark. 

Our guide was a former inmate. However, he did not serve time here while Mandela was still a prisoner.

During our visit,  the weather was cold and miserable.

Somehow,  this felt fitting.