The Cape of Good Hope

Cape Peninsula, South Africa

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March 14th 2008
This day, like our first day in Sydney, was to prove one of the finest days of our double trip. The common reasons are not difficult to find. Despite the rhetoric, there is actually no substitute for personally experiencing arrival in one of the world's great cities. In the case of Sydney, it was arrival by sea into the harbour, past the Opera House and under the Harbour Bridge. In the case of Cap ... 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