Stellenbosch

Winelands

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July 30th 2012
Having checked out of our apartment in Cape Town, we drove our of the city towards the Winelands. On the way out of the city we passed Khayelitsha, the notorious township, which is reportedly the largest in South Africa. The highway out of Cape Town en route to the airport cuts through the township and a brief glance inside revealed living conditions from a different world to where we had spent th ... 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