Table Mountain

Cape Town

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August 28th 2006
Friday afternoon Niraj headed back to Calgary and the rest of us headed to Cape Town from JoBurg International. We arrived in Cape Town early evening and very impressed with the scenery and the surroundings. Cape Town was much greener than JoBurg much like Vancouver. Dinner was at Bukhara, an interesting East Indian restaurant in downtown Cape Town with a pub/lounge type atmosphere. The food w ... 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