Thursday, June 12, 2008

Cape Vacca dawn

This lonely, beautiful place is where Batholomew Dias stopped in November 1488 on his way up the east coast of Africa.

He was the first northern hemisphere explorer to sail around the most southern tip of Africa.

We slept here last night warm in front of a roaring hearth, while the howling, blustering winter winds from Antarctica buffeted this remote, inspired home on the very edge of the ocean.

Leaving now for the Gouritz river where Dias spotted Khoi San and cows ('vacca' in Portuguese)... it's the last 5km of the hike, before we head back to Mossel Bay.

Tonight I sleep at the luxury tented Botlierskop private nature reserve. Looking so forward as more layers of this unique region of this country are revealed to me. I count myself blessed....

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