Another beautiful sunrise

Yay - it's shark day!

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May 16th 2010
EARLY START Got up at 5am, that’s right FIVE, to get ready for our early morning pickup. Drove for 2 hours to Gansbaai for cage diving with Great White Sharks. In our van there was a couple from New York, a girl from Eindhoven and a guy from Croatia. Didn’t find all this out till later when we all woke up a bit! It was freezing cold and road was covered in fog most of the way. It was a reall ... 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