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Garden Route/Graaff Reinet/Eastern Highlands

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March 8th 2011
Barbara & John in the Garden Route, Graaff Reinet and North East Highlands of the Eastern Cape This newsletter covers nearly two weeks of diverse areas and has to say the least been a little tiring, but apart from one day, it has been absorbing and fascinating. Our period in the Garden route commenced at the western end, in Mossel Bay. The weather here was misty and cloudy but warm. Our ap ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Eastern Cape » Graaff Reinet

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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