View from our desert tent

Table Mountain and Namib Desert

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March 19th 2011
Hi All, We spent 3 days in Cape Town at a nice backpackers hostel. The first day we went up Table Mountain and did a 4 hour trek around the park at the summit. The video shows how the clouds come in over the mountain to make it seem as though a table clothe is being put on the mountain, thus the name table mountain. The picture of Steve with Cape Town in the back ground shows the beauty of the ci ... 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