Still hiking

Cape Town

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April 23rd 2010
I can’t believe that I am down to less than a week here in South Africa. But in attempts to ignore that fact, I will continue recounting the fun I’ve had here, that you haven’t heard about yet. So we left off when I had arrived in Cape Town. We had just left Mossel Bay, and after some issues with the Garmin (just one of the reasons that I love paper maps) we arrived at our hotel about 8:00 ... 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