view from Highcliffe House

South Africa 2018

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January 15th 2018
Greetings everyone from South Africa!! Once again we are enjoying the beautiful weather and countryside of Gordon’s Bay, about 1 hours drive from Capetown. Our hosts Jane and Jim of Highcliffe House welcomed us on January 12th at around midnight! The trip was uneventful with a KLM flight from Toronto to Amsterdam, a 2 hour wait at Schiphol Airport, then a direct KLM flight from Amsterdam to Cape ... 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