Me at Hout Bay

Day Trip to Cape Peninsula

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July 28th 2012
On one of our days in Cape Town, we rented a car, which we would be using to head east and went on a drive down towards the Cape of Good Hope. Like most of our days in Cape Town, we were blessed with good weather, which is a bit unusual at this time of year. Although it was quite windy. This drive first took us to Hout Bay, which we drove past but stopped to take some pictures of the view. We t ... 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