Looking down on False Bay

Cape Town Morning Before Flying Home

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November 29th 2022
After one last breakfast in Cape Town, we checked out of the hotel and waited for Ben to pick us up for a quick drive in the morning before heading to the airport for the long flight home. Ben took us for a drive around False Bay to the town of Stand and Gordon's Bay. Driving high above the bay, we had a beautiful view of False Bay the the surrounding area. We headed back down to town we pas ... 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