View from Cliff Path

Hermanus, Nov 17th and Nov 18, to Knysna

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November 21st 2009
Hermanus is one of the very few places on earth you can see whales from the land. I left Stellenbosch, with some sadness in heart, made really good friends there, but the journey must go on. Hermanus Backpackers, is owned and run by a couple (a french guy and a british woman who met in Africa, got married, came to Hermanus for a weekend many years back and never left 😊 It was a cosy place ... 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