Relaxing at the hot springs

Fab food and unlimited waterslide rides!

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February 28th 2010
Picked up the car from Avis yesterday- luckily only a 2 minute drag of the bags from the hotel - we got a very cool brand new VW Polo1.4 in dark grey. The driving through Cape Town was good, hardly any traffic and Sat Nav worked well. The drive along the M1 was stunning. About 20 minutes out of town the vineyards and mountains start and didn't stop for the next 2 hours. We drove through a tunne ... 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