FROM BERGRIVIER NEK

THROUGH THE PROTEA AND INTO THE CLOUDS

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May 19th 2008
THROUGH THE PROTEA AND INTO THE CLOUDS I’m no botanist. Actually, I’m barely qualified to mow the lawn. If you sent me into the garden to weed I’d be just as likely to yank up a rare heirloom bulb than to pull up a dirty dandelion. So yesterday, when I chose to hike in the mountains to look at flowers, I surprised even myself. But these are no ordinary flowers, these Pr ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Stellenbosch

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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