Kirstenbosch Gardens

Wanderings in South Africa - 3 - Cape Town

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November 12th 2014
After a two hour flight from Johannesburg we arrived in Cape Town late at night and it was only the following morning that we appreciated what a wonderful city we were in. A curving harbour and bay on one side of the compact city and looking in the opposite direction Table Mountain, recently voted as one of the new seven wonders of the natural world. Our first views of Table Mountain showed it to ... 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