Picnic on the Beach

The Summer Days of Change

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March 6th 2008
As the T-birds and the Pink Ladies melodically sang, " Summer days driftin' away, to uh-oh those summer nights...Tell me more, tell me more, did you get very far?....Tell me more, tell me more, like, does he have a car?" So to continue reporting on our adventures, it's still summer, we did get far, and no, we don't have a car. Days have been flying by so quick that sometimes we have to stop ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Cape Town » West Beach

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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