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.
July 15th 2008Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Oudtshoorn We heard reports of poor weather for the coast, so we decided to head inland away from the Garden Route and take the alternative Route 62 from Oudtshoorn to Robertson. Oudtshoorn is the Ostrich capit ... 18 photos[full story]
July 18th 2008Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Oudtshoorn July 16, 17, 2008
CAPE TOWN - OUDTSHOORN, S.A.
Wednesday morning we began our exploring of the Cape area of South Africa. We met our guide, Carles, and drove today north and east to Oudtshoor ... [full story]
June 11th 2008Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Oudtshoorn West of Capetown from Mossel Bay to Plettenberg Bay lies "The Garden Route." You could make months of holidaying out of just seeing this bit of coastline which boasts the world's highest bungee, whale ... 4 photos[full story]
May 30th 2008Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Oudtshoorn Von Kapstadt geht es mit dem Bus weiter nach Swellendam. Ich haette es fast bereut, hier einen Stopover zu machen. Im Dunkeln musste ich das Hostel finden, welches irgendwo am A... lag. Stunde... pass ... [full story]
May 16th 2008Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Oudtshoorn Today was the day Jill had been waiting for nearly a year - the Meerkat Safari!
The Safari was to take place where the Discovery Channel film Meerkat Manor and because of this we couldn’t do th ... [full story]
April 3rd 2008Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Oudtshoorn The drive to Oudtshoorn (pronounced oats-horn) was absolutely beautiful. It’s located in the Swartberg mountains, and the views as we drove through them were incredible. We ran into a little b ... 7 photos[full story]
March 27th 2008Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Oudtshoorn
The Groot Swartberg mountains rise all around us. Easter morning is stunningly bright, already hot, and we hide in the shade of the front stoep (porch). Across the valley a baboon barks. The ... 6 photos[full story]
November 17th 2008Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Oudtshoorn Spent most of the day travelling from Hermanus by Baz Bus to a town called George where a shuttle picked me to take me up inland for an hour to place which is practically impossible to pronounce corre ... [full story]
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