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The Garden Route - Happy New Year!

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January 4th 2011
Happy new year!! After three days in Cape Town it was time to wind our way down the Western Cape and explore the Garden route. The flashpacker experience that was Ashanti Hostel was left behind as we reaquainted ourselves with cooking out a truck, makeshift toilets, sleeping in a wet tent and all the many other delights of the camping experience! First stop was Mossel Bay - after several hou ... read more

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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