Skeleton Gorge

I Love Me a Public Holiday

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May 2nd 2009
Ok, so I have a confession. I thought I was doing really good about keeping my blog up to date, because I had been doing a decent job of keeping my records of what I was doing up to date, but it turns out I was wrong. No wonder some of you have been asking me what I have been up to. I know that last time I said that I was getting back into the swing of things, but since then I’ve had three da ... 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