Capetown 4

Great start to the journey...?

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July 30th 2006
On one side yes, a great start... We've had an extra few days in CT as the bikes are taking till tuesday or wednesday to clear custom's... Capetown is spectacular! Clean, tidy and orderly and the locals are so couteous - a shock to anyone who's lived in spain/andorra. A must is a climb up Table mountain. The cable car is having it's anual service so we decided to climb. A very hard climb indeed ... 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