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our van for a mile and half trip west to the real jacent Cape, the southwestern most point of the
deal, part of the Cape of Good Hope Nature Re- African continent.
serve. Cape of Good Hope, a rocky promontory at The sandstone cliffs and rocky shoreline were
the southern end of Cape Peninsula, was long con- bustling with sunburned visitors looking to twist
sidered to be where the Indian and Atlantic oceans or break an ankle. We played it safe and tho buf-
converged. Not so. The meeting place is Cape Ag- feted by strong winds, bravely posed in front of
ulhas, about 90 miles to the southeast. the Cape of Good Hope sign, Then we joined in
Legend has it that ghosts of the crew of The Fly- what seems to be a tourist pastime, stacking sea-
ing Dutchman haunt the sea and headlands of the polished rocks into artistic, if teetering, sculptures
Cape. We didn’t see any ghostly sailors, but we did along the shore.
see several wild ostriches as we drove through the
flat grassy highlands leading to the beach and ad-

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