This was the destiny of our road trip that I posted about previously! Swellendam!
A town that was founded in the early settler days in 1743, in the Western Cape province. The Dutch East India Company established a replenishment station in 1652 in the Cape and trade continued inland as far as Swellendam. Tradesmen and wainwrights settled in Swellendam to provide services to travelers and explorers. Swellendam was the last outpost of civilization on the Eastern Frontier at the time!
History taken from; https:www.hideawaybb.co.za
Dominated by the mountains and this old church that was built in 1911.
It seems that the whole town was built around the old magnificent church!
A cloud of witnesses surrounded me as I stepped into the original, solid redwood pulpit!
This is the main road of the town and I was so glad to see no traffic lights!
This is the counter of a "modern" eatery in the town where we had some lunch and coffee. That is an original Jaguar Car's front section mounted on the wall!
And finally, here is a lovely "Bed and Breakfast" establishment for visitors!
We found that the town is very popular with foreign tourists as at least 3 buses steamed in when we were there and we heard the tourists conversing in German, Italian, French and Dutch. The town is about 2 hours drive from Cape Town City and it is surrounded by the beautifully colored grain fields of the farmers.
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