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A bay with no coffee...

September 21st 2007
This morning we left the Draksenburgs behind and headed back to the nearest town to drop Robert off. From here we drove all day to reach Coffee Bay. I was very excited about a Bay that seemed to scream Java to me, but alas it is named Coffee Bay not because there are coffee plantations here (which there are none) but because so many years ago a boat hauling a cargo of coffee beans wrecked near the ... read more
Africa » South Africa » Eastern Cape » Coffee Bay

South African Flag 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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