Whales, Whales, Whales

Do you become a real traveller when you turn your socks inside out?

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October 2nd 2007
So I left you all on way to Stellenbosch....a very very different South Africa from the one seen in Cape Town. It is a university town and therefore predominately a white town. We arrived after our second journey by train, an interesting one considering we thought we would know better than South African railway and decided instead of waiting for an hour for the next straight train, we would ventur ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Eastern Cape » Port Elizabeth

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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