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    Freedom Day: A Visit to the Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town (Part 3 of 3)

    10 December 2021 - By 

    Freedom Day Visit to the Castle of Good Hope: In Closing A few years ago, I was fortunate enough to visit Cape Town’s own castle, the Castle of Good Hope. In my three-part post series, I reflect on my Freedom Day visit. To read Part 1 of my visit, please see here – and Part 2 here. Just after 11:00 am, our English tour group gathered around our great, rather humourous tour guide at the entrance to the Inner Archway. He started asking random people where we were from. (I would hazard a guess that there were around 40-45 of us on…

  • Travel and Beach Review: Bloubergstrand Beach, Cape Town

    25 May 2015 - By 

      Found along the M14 road between Big Bay Beach and Table View Beach is the breathtakingly situated Blouberg Beach, otherwise known as ‘Bloubergstrand‘. ‘Blouberg’ is an Afrikaans word that, directly translated, means ‘blue mountain’. This is a most apt name for the Northern Suburb area where this beach can be found, as from here, the famous and well-loved Table Mountain does indeed look beautifully blue. The beach, with its spectacular backdrop and surrounding ocean views – which, due to its often windy conditions, makes it extremely popular for kite- and windsurfers alike – has the most beautiful, clean stretch…