Reunited with my big sis

Week 7 - PENGUIN TIME!!!!

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August 25th 2015
It's penguin time! Lou has now joined me for our 6 weeks in Cape Town with SANCCOB, the South African national centre for conservation of birds. SANCCOB is a seabird hospital in Table View, an area outside of Cape Town with stunning views over table mountain. The hospital is a rehabilitation centre, which at the moment has 103 penguins, a gannet, lots of hartlaub gulls and some cormorants, but tak ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Cape Town

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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