Setting up

Our First Stop

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April 2nd 2011
There is no turning back now.. the house is packed up and empty and we are setting up and unpacking Buksie at Chapman's Peak Caravan Park in Noordhoek, our home for the next few weeks. Who would've thought we could squeeze so much stuff in one vehicle in so little time? The next few weeks will serve as a test run for what we 'really need' and what we can live without. By nightfall we were bot ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Noordhoek

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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