Citrusdel with its fruit trees and the Cedarberg Mountains behind

Citrusdal

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November 10th 2015
10 November 2015 For one of our longer driving days of nearly 400k we first passed through empty desert then a beautiful valley full of apparently modern and well manged vineyards to reach the appropriately named town of Citrusdal which is surrounded by orange and lemon groves. ... read more

Africa » South Africa

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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