View from my window at the Peregrin

Knysna

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May 13th 2007
Knysna has probably been my favorite place on the Garden Route so far. The bus dropped me off right next to their small waterfront, which is really lovely - it overlooks a lagoon and a mountain range in the distance, and it’s more mellow than Cape Town’s. I walked toward the main street trying to find my hostel (all uphill by the way!), but no one seemed to know exactly where it was and with ... 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