Knysna

And up the coast we go

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May 27th 2009
Of course, the day we leave Cape Town its clear blue skies and warm. Mother Nature can be really mean sometimes. But then we headed up to Oudtshoorn, where we stayed in Red Stone Hills Farm. It reminded me so much of Colorado, but the hiking was super pretty and one more we got up and ran at sunrise- absolutely beautiful. There we got to explore the Cango Caves. In one of the caverns in the c ... read more

Africa » South Africa

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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