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CAPE TOWN

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June 19th 2011
The last two days we had in Cape Town were jam packed full of things for us to do, it was a heap of fun. After the shark diving on saturday we did a cape peninsular and Stellenbosch wine tour on the Sunday. Unfortunately the weather was not the best, but we were pretty lucky with the shark diving so we can't complain to much. On Monday we had a day to ourselves so we decided to take ourselv ... 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