Down Time

Garden route through to Pretoria

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November 23rd 2011
So we set off on the Baz Bus for the first time and we didn't realise that our first journey would take approx 9 hours in total, first from Cape Town to George then a shuttle bus to our hostel in Outdshoorn (pronounced oates-horn). This second part wasn't too far but took ages as the road was very windey through the Outeniqua mountains, nice views and there had been some rock falls along t ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Gauteng » Pretoria

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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