The Garden Route 3

The Garden Route

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April 24th 2008
The Garden Route I think we left you at Oudtshoorn, the "ostrich capital of the world"! From there we did a couple of hours drive to the coast and a place called Knysna. This is a really nice little town set on a lagoon. We stayed for a couple of days and really didn't do too much, just wandered around the town and when to a nearby beach at Brenton on Sea. On the beach we met a b ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Knysna

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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