Swellendam snow

Across from our Guest house

October 8th 2007
Have arrived in Cape Town. It has been a cold drive down from Knysna - the good weather deserted us momentarily! From then on it rained and rained. We stayed at Swellendam and it snowed - be it ever so briefly! The scenery is magnificent and at Stellenbosch we indulged in some wine tasting and a very nice lunch! Tomorrow we are going to go for a drive to see around Cape Town and may go up Table M ... 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

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Hi Roman and Lucy are Australian seasoned travellers having lived in England and South Africa for four years, and been to many places. We love to go sightseeing and visit new places. Peru, USA, Canada, Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore, New Zealand are some of the places that we have visited over the years.Lately, we have been to Finland, Russia and Ukraine, Budapest, Germany, France and went to England for a wedding. We visited Bali in 2010 as well as Namibia and Joburg! 2012, we visited Adelaide, Kangaroo Island and Melbourne, China in May, then Sydney, Blue Mountains and Canberra (ACT - Lucy a... full info

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