P - PICK UP A PENGUIN Photo 4

P - PICK UP A PENGUIN

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July 8th 2010
Off to Cape Point and Cape of Good Hope today. We thought we would pop into Boulders Beach to see the penguins on route. We headed south and stopped at various viewing points to look at the sea. At one stop we spotted a very large fish/mammal in the sea. It didn’t look or move anything like the whales we saw at Hermanus, but we do know it had a very large fin and was quite a size. We honestly co ... 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