Megan Carving it up...

Big Birds and Bold Reds

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August 3rd 2010
As promised, our second installment on our return to Cape Town. Lulu got us back safe and sound, although suffered a harrowing injury to herself. Some passing truck/bakkie/ute dropped a block of ice on her, and smashed her front light. Our next stop down the garden route after Wilderness was Plettenberg Bay, not a whole lot to say for itself in the winter, but we did finally manage to see som ... 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