Advertisement
« previous next »
Botanical Gardens, Cape Town  
   

Botanical Gardens, Cape Town

Cape Town

September 24th 2006
Cape Town. Well our first day was occupied by family things so we’ll skip over that as it was great fun but doesn’t exactly count as travel matters. Day 2 was Monday and it was pretty cold. We set off towards the bus to take us to the water front. Having discussed what we wanted to get out of Cape Town with our four day restriction we headed to the booking office for Robben Island, the place ... read more
Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Cape Town

South African Flag 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
Advertisement
Tot: 0.079s; Tpl: 0.003s; cc: 7; qc: 43; dbt: 0.0582s; 1; m:domysql w:travelblog (10.17.0.13); sld: 1; ; mem: 1.2mb