Backpackers

Beautiful Buffalo Bay

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October 27th 2008
Having trouble uploading photos here, so will attach them soon I hope. UPDATE photos uploaded. I had planned on spending 2 nights at the Buffalo Bay backpackers, but in the end it became 4 - its such a beautiful spot, a beachhouse, right on the beach with the waves of the Indian Ocean everywhere around. Its been an essentially very lazy few days, aside from the first day. The weather wasn't ... 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