Bimah (reading table) in Gardens Shul

Day 6: Cape Town and Table Mountain - Fri 29 Jan 2016

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January 29th 2016
Up at 6.30 am and on the coach by 7.45 am after a good breakfast. First stop today - Table Mountain. We passed Signal Hill in the background. Signal Hill stands 360 meters above sea level. It was used to signal weather warnings. We passed a statue of Bartolomeu Dias who didn’t manage to land at Cape Point due to the weather. Looking out to sea we drove past Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela h ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Western Cape

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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