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Cape Town, Table Mountain & The Cape Of Good Hope |
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The Cape Peninsula, in the south east corner of Africa, is indeed regarded by many, and definitely by most South Africans, as one of the most beautiful sights in the world. Cape Town, South Africa's mother city, nestles at the foot of Table Mountain, a unique flat top mountain rising out of the sea. At the tip of the peninsula is Cape Point. Sir Francis Drake called it "the fairest cape in the whole circumference of the earth". Portuguese explorers called it Cabo Tormentoso - "Cape of Storms". Reaching it after months at sea, low on food and fresh water after a harrowing voyage down the barren African west coast, the Dutch called it "Cape of Good Hope". Even today, regular ship wrecks along this coastline testify to the accuracy of the name: "Cape of Storms", however when the weather is good, the name "Cape of Good Hope" is equally true. | 
Cape Point - "where two oceans meet."
- not really. The Atlantic and Indian Oceans actually meet a bit further east at Cape Agulhas but this sounded good. |
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South Africa's Garden Route |
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This is where I will retire one day. Somewhere a long the South Africa's Garden Route - my most favourite part of South Africa - maybe because of my roots. My mother was born and grew up in Mossel Bay ("Mussel" Bay), as a child we spent all our seaside holidays in this area and even now our family prefers to holiday along this stretch of the South African coast - even though it is a 12 hour car trip to get here from Johannesburg.
The "Garden Route" refers to a stretch along the south coast of South Africa. The national road follows a scenic route along the southern coastline for a few hundred kilometres. To appreciate the area one must follow the old route because modern life and the need for speed have seen the advent of highways and toll roads in recent years so that the casual traveller misses a lot of the beauty. Take some time to travel the old roads.
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