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The Garden Route

January 10th 2008
Pick the hire car up for our 5 day venture east along the coast. A little Opel Corsa that is very forgiving of the “speedy gonzales” driving! Our first stop is Mossel Bay after 4.5 hours and we’re not really sure why it’s called the Garden Route as we head there. Nice enough with low mountains framing rolling farmland - parts remind us a bit of the Lake District without the lakes; we coul ... read more
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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
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