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First day Cape Town

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July 14th 2014
Geo: -33.9017, 18.4266Arranged for an earlier pick-up from Stellenbosch and shuffled our planned tours around to take advantage of the fine weather and do a helo tour later this avo. We caught the hop-on hop-off bus to get a look at the city and went up to the cable car station for Table Mtn. Then back along the Atlantic Coast, ending up at the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, a major tourist a ... 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