Background: After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjugation of the native inhabitants. The Boers resisted British encroachments, but were defeated in the Boer War (1899-1902). The resulting Union of South Africa operated under a policy of apartheid - the separate development of the races. The 1990s brought an end to apartheid politically and ushered in black majority rule.
May 10th 2008Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Plettenberg Bay Bit of a lazy day - we drove to Nature’s Valley - a small local beach set at the bottom of the mountains - could have stayed here for hours. We then took a drive towards Plettenburg Bay and had ... [full story]
May 5th 2008Africa » South Africa » Western Cape Drove to Arniston beach - around 50 miles from Swellendam and then on to Cape Aghulas, the most southerly point of the African Continent. It’s also here that the Indian and Atlantic Oceans meet ... [full story]
May 4th 2008Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Cape Town - Weather is changing here for the worse - very misty and heavy rain when we left the hotel. Picked up the hire car at Cape Town Airport - first experience of driving on South African roads went ext ... [full story]
May 11th 2008Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Mossel Bay Today is a nice chill sunday so I figured it was a good time to update everyone on my time in Mossel Bay.
I arrived... Wednesday? Thursday? I don't know.
That day I just walked around town, sa ... [full story]
May 7th 2008Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Mossel Bay So this morning I left Stellenbosch.
It was a nice little town, very European which sounds weird but it was the second city founded in south africa, so I guess it's not that weird.
My first day in ... [full story]
April 24th 2008Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Tsitsikamma National Park We arrived in Storms River Village, which is right next to the Tstitsikama (ta-tit-see-karma) National Park, basically an indigenous forest and ocean wildlife santuary, and checked into Tsitsikama Bac ... 12 photos[full story]
April 22nd 2008Africa » South Africa » Western Cape After a stunning week in Cape Town, it was time to start winding back up the coast towards Durbs, and ultimately up the North Coast towards Mozambique. Our time in the Cape was shorter than planned s ... 16 photos[full story]
April 24th 2008Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Knysna
I think we left you at Oudtshoorn, the "ostrich capital of the world"!
From there we did a couple of hours drive to the coast and a place called Knysna. This is a really nice little town set o ... 7 photos[full story]
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