Southbound

Capetown and the Southern Cape

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December 18th 2006
Hello! Capetown was very very nice! The first day we went to Company's Garden, the South African Museum, to the city centre and we took the very crowded and slow local public transport bus to waterfront. Waterfront is a big complex of shops in a harbour environment. What was amazing in Capetown is the vaste variety of flowers. Despite of all warnings we got back home we were not afraid one minu ... 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