Boulders Penguin Colony

Astounding Southern Africa - Cape Town, Wednesday 2015 March 11

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March 11th 2015
We rose half-an-hour early today to improve our chances of going up Table Mountain– and it worked! Although we arrived at opening time (8:00), we were by no means the first visitors: into line at the base of the gondola, almost no wait, then into the large round pod. Signs warned us NOT to hold onto the rails or the walls – because the platform rotates, giving ... 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