Table Mountain from Signal Hill

So many mountains

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May 15th 2010
THE SUN SHINES AGAIN…. Had a much better sleep, ended up getting an extra blanket, so now toasty warm. Still both waking up at 3am, body clock saying it’s 9am still! Got up early to walk to V & A Waterfront to go on the Robben Island tour, but when we got there it was cancelled again because of rough seas (we didn’t care about rough seas. we’d already taken Kwells so we were good to goâ ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Cape Town

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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