Made it up Table Mountain!

Week 8 - bitten on the schnoz by a penguin

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September 19th 2015
This week I realised I needed to perfect the art of penguin handling... Monday I had a fantastic day in general, which involved more time contemplating life and being thankful my normal day job is not a wall scrubber or a window cleaner. I cleaned all day, prepared food and liquidised fish for the Penguins,and did a lot of laundry. I was still, of course happy to help and these jobs need to be do ... 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