Stellenbosch winery

Cruising the Cape

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December 20th 2007
Our arrival in South Africa in a town called Upington after a comfortable bus trip from Windhoek; it was a sprawling return to urban life after seeing nothing like it in Namibia outside of Windhoek. Upington is in the middle of nowhere in the Northern Cape, desert scenery was all around. We collected our hire car in the normal 'Africa time' (via a hotel casino and the airport - don't ask) and were ... 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