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Cape Point & the Cape of Good Hope

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June 15th 2010
About an hour away is the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Point. It was a short afternoon adventure after Woodstock. We drove there all along the coast on this toll road, which passes by Chapman’s Peak. SO beautiful. This place is really magical. On the toll road we went through a half tunnel that was blown out of the rock. You will see pictures it was super neat. This is the western most part of So ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Cape of Good Hope

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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