View of Cape Town

We're off!

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April 16th 2008
Goodbye Manchester, Hello Cape Town! This one is the real deal, so to speak. We arrived in Cape Town after a flight which confirmed how different men and women are. While Lynne sobbed to PS. I love you, I enjoyed the braindead Transformers! Not to be recommended! Cape Town was gloriously sunny as we checked in to the honeymoon suite of Cape Town Backpackers. It was actually real ... 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