more vineyards

In which we learn about scale/relatively and climbing

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August 10th 2008
We knew it would be cold but no-one warned us that South African hostels don't have heating - they have fires instead - nice until you have to leave the fireside. During the day the lovely sun kept us warm but at night we found ourselves huddled round an outside fire at our first hostel in Stellenbosch. On our second day we decided to get active and cycled 15km to a beautiful nature reserve calle ... read more

Africa » South Africa

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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