Flowers

Cape Town, Day 3, Nov 11th

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November 16th 2009
Writing this on 13th, not sure when I will post it Table Mountain is still under clouds, so that's out of question. Decided to go to Kirstenbosch Botanical garden. The world has 6 floral kingdoms, the smallest and the densest in terms of plant species is the Cape and Kirstenbosch, which is at the foot of the Table Mountain. The dutch, when they initially settled here, uprooted most of the in ... read more

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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