Cape Point

I heart Cape Town

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February 22nd 2010
The sunny, windy, charming and cosmopolitan city of Cape Town. It is cultural, vibrant and is the jewel of SA. I am in love and could stay here for ever. We are bunking at an amazing place and you meet so many traveller's around the world - just fantastic. I can see this is a place where you just get stuck! It also doesn't help that the weather has been high 28-31 and the wine is outstanding...a ... 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