Robben Island -

Looking up the road by the prison - Thu 06 Aug 2009 11:44:18 AM

Near the entrance to the prison, our guide, a former political prisoner himself, begins the tour - Thu 06 Aug 2009 10:41:09 AM

CIMG1544 - Thu 06 Aug 2009 10:43:58 AM

Heading into the prison -

Looking down one of the prison's hallways - Thu 06 Aug 2009 11:20:04 AM

Inside a group cell, similar to the one our tour guide lived in, there were no beds until Red Cross intervention. Mandela was not in a group cell , he was considered too dangerous. - Thu 06 Aug 2009 10:46:38 AM

The mats prisoners had to sleep on until beds were mandated by the Red Cross (?1970's?) - Thu 06 Aug 2009 10:54:11 AM

Other tourists inside the group cell - Thu 06 Aug 2009 10:47:00 AM

Apartheid racial segregation even applied to the prisoners diets. This menu card shows the differences between the meals served to black & colored/asian prisoners. Blacks were given less food than coloreds/asians, who were given less than white pris - Thu 06 Aug 2009 10:55:57 AM

Sample prisoner ID card - Thu 06 Aug 2009 11:19:54 AM

Exterior of one of the prison buildings - Thu 06 Aug 2009 11:21:08 AM

These tourists are our age, and shared with us a few of their memories of growin up under apartheid. The apartheid government didn't end until 1994. - Thu 06 Aug 2009 11:23:42 AM

Around the prison - Thu 06 Aug 2009 11:25:25 AM

CIMG1557 - Thu 06 Aug 2009 11:25:45 AM

Courtyard inside the prison walls. Nelson Mandela kept a garden in the back right corner of this courtyard, and hid his manuscript for "Long Walk to Freedom" in that garden. - Thu 06 Aug 2009 11:31:11 AM

Pictures inside the prison courtyard of the first ex-political prisoner reunion and of prisoners doing hard labor (breaking rocks) inside that same courtyard. Our tour guide is on the far right. - Thu 06 Aug 2009 11:31:54 AM

CIMG1560 - Thu 06 Aug 2009 11:32:01 AM

Picture of a picture inside the prison courtyard - Thu 06 Aug 2009 11:24:05 AM

Another picture of a picture inside the prison courtyard - Thu 06 Aug 2009 11:24:09 AM

Nelson Mandela's cell window is the 4th from left. - Thu 06 Aug 2009 11:35:13 AM

Mandela's cell - Thu 06 Aug 2009 11:40:07 AM

CIMG1563 - Thu 06 Aug 2009 11:40:27 AM

Until the Red Cross intervened, prisoners didn't even have beds to sleep on: only 2 mats & 4 blankets. - Thu 06 Aug 2009 11:40:36 AM

Limestone quarry where Mandela and other prisoners did hard labor. Many prisoners and wardens developed eye problems from the intense glare. - Thu 06 Aug 2009 10:24:11 AM

CIMG1542 - Thu 06 Aug 2009 10:24:37 AM

Prisoners would sneak away during their labor to teach eachother - Thu 06 Aug 2009 10:24:29 AM

This pile of rocks was placed by Mandela and other former political prisoners during a reunion on the island - Thu 06 Aug 2009 10:24:19 AM

The lighthouse building looks like a KFC. Today, it's used for meetings. When the island was a prison, the wardens and their families lived on the island. Today, some of the museum workers live in the former warden village on the island. - Thu 06 Aug 2009 10:02:45 AM