Hike

October 30, 2010

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November 1st 2010
For those lucky enough not to know, sleeping on the ground is not conducive for a good night’s rest. But sleeping on the ground is unavoidable when you are camping, so I sucked it up. I wanted to pull my hair out in the morning. People were slow, slow, slow! We ended up starting the hike much later than we had hoped. The drive to our hike's starting point was intense. Four squished in the SMALL ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Franschhoek

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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