Table Mounain, with table cloth, from waterside

Our final full day

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March 30th 2013
Geo: -33.916, 18.4222All through the previous evening, the wind had been picking up, and back in Cape Town it was a regular wind storm. Our friends explained that such wind storms are common during December and January, but that it was rare to have one so late in the summer. I never fully understood, but it has something to do with the water temperatures. All that said, there were gail force ... 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