African penguin on the move

Cape Town - Robben Island and the aquarium

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September 12th 2023
We kicked off with a visit to the aquarium, alarmed to see – and more significantly hear – a school party of about 60 primary school boys making an unholy racket. Fortunately we managed to dodge them most of the way round. The first exhibit was a frenzied shoal of clownfish straight out of Finding Nemo. We saw tiny translucent jellyfish and miniature pale pink strawberry corals, then moved on ... 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