going up

Cape Town and Table Mountain

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March 17th 2007
From Dubai on the Persian Gulf to Cape Town, close to the southern tip of Africa, nominally a 10-hour flight. Taking off at 10am, ‘losing’ the two hours time zone difference means we should arrive at 6pm. With the help of a tail wind we arrive early. These long flights are becoming routine, eat, sleep (doze more likely), listen to the MP3 gadget, read, solve a Sudoku, watch TV (especially the ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Cape Town

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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 subjug... ... read more