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Day Three

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April 25th 2010
I take the day easy staying in the hotel while Philip goes off cycling Table mountain its mostly down it he tells me but there are some up hill bits, he comes back bruised and sweaty after the bloke in fronts gears snapped and he crashed into him causing him to go flying The way he tells it , It was a near death experience I m guessing he is being a drama queen again. He then clears off ag ... 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