Cape Town

Whales frolicking near the shore

August 30th 2007
We left Cape Town on Sunday 19 August. Unfortunately, it was not by airplane - but an overnight bus which was scheduled to take 19 hours! Woo-hoo, we were excited. Suprisingly though it wasn't so bad. The seats reclined way better than they do on an airplane and we would've slept ok if it wasn't for the extremely long border crossing at about 3am. Also, we were only about 1 hour away when the ... read more

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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

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Evan and I are off on our first round the world trip. This is something we have been planning for ages, but it still took a few twists and turns towards the end as we researched and came across other places to see and things to do. Like the inclusion of the trans-mongolian trip. Who would have thought? We are starting in Africa on 1 July and plan to go from there to Eastern Europe and the UK to see family and then on to Central and South America. Only 4 days till we take off. PS. The strange name of our blog relates to our cat - Trax - whom we are leaaving with nanna for a year. Hopefu... full info

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