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Hermaus

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May 12th 2008
The sea is deceptively elusive and can only be glimpsed as you reach Hermanus.I am going to write a letter of complaint about this!!!! Hermanus is magnificent,quaint,friendly,charming,pretty,busy yet calm,and surrounded by wine farms,The houses are picture perfect and the homeowners must spend fortunes on white paint each year!!! Hermanus is where we really started drinking and eating like pigs!! ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Hermanus

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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