Cable Car to top of Table Mtn

Classic Finish

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January 18th 2012
It's Wednesday evening in Cape Town and the weather has been unseasonably hot and under heat wave conditions. Of course since most of my readers are freezing I am not looking for any sympathy. Air conditioning is not common in most places so going inside is not even option to get relief if you are not in a car or outside of the hotel. After today's township tour we got back and had som ... 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