Baboon

Baboons, penguins and a truck

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October 23rd 2005
After a brief introduction yesterday, our tour started today. We were supposed to be hiking up table mountain for a couple of hours but unfortunately (or fortunately) there was low cloud which would have made the climb dangerous ...so it was penguins at Simon's Town and Baboons at Cape Point. ... 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