Wendy at Cape Town

CapeTown

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May 20th 2008
We spent the day today touring the cape - we went right around the whole tip - we stood on the very tip of Africa - saw the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. The Table Mountain is very old - they have dated it back 300 million years and believe me the rock looks that old - WineRocks would have a hay day!!! It was very rainy so not great pictures but here are a few. I was not expecting the wi ... 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