Swellendam

The Overberg, R326 heading northeast from Gansbaai (Stanford)	Pond along the R326, Overberg	The Overberg - R326	The Overberg - R326
The Overberg - "over the mountain" from Cape Town	Driving the N2 to Swellendam, another 68km	Farmland of the Overberg	N2 through the Overberg
Swellendam, half way between Cape Town and George	Swellendam, one of the oldest European settlements in South Africa	Welcome to Swellendam, established 1745	Main Street of Swellendam - Vortrekkerstraat
Hope Lodge in a historic 1839 Cape Dutch house, Swellendam	The Handy Store, established 1860, Voortrekkerstr, Swellendam	Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Swellendam	Dutch Reformed Church, Swellendam
Dutch Reformed Church, Swellendam, 1911	Dutch Reformed Church, Swellendam, 1911	Dutch Reformed Church, Swellendam	Dutch Reformed Church, Swellendam
Dutch Reformed Church, Swellendam	Next to the church of Voortrekkerstr, Swellendam	The thatched Auld House, 1802, Swellendam	De Kolonie, Vortrekkerstraat 26, Swellendam
De Kolonie, Voortrekkerstr, Swellendam	De Kolonie, Voortrekkerstr, Swellendam	Swellendam Tourist Information Centre	The Drostdy Museum, Swellendam
The Drostdy Museum, Swellendam	Main entrance to the Drostdy Museum, Swellendam	The Drostdy Museum (1747), Swellendam	The Drostdy Museum
VOC - Flag of the Dutch East India Company, Drostdy Museum	"Drostdy" was the local district government in the Cape Colony	The 18th C. Drostdy was enlarged 1812-1844	The Drostdy Museum, Swellendam
18th C. map of the Cape Colony, Drostdy Museum, Swellendam	The Drostdy Museum, Swellendam	The Drostdy Museum, Swellendam	Dining Room, the Drostdy Museum, Swellendam
Silver trophy, 1845, Drostdy Museum	Some of the historic buildings of Swellendam	Old map of the Cape Peninsula	Model of the V.O.C. ship Batavia (1628) named after the capital of the Dutch East Indies (now Jakarta)
Kitchen of the Drostdy, Swellendam	Side building of the Drostdy Museum, Swellendam	The Drostdy Museum, Swellendam	Zanddrift across from the Drostdy Museum, Swellendam
Zanddrift, 1757, Swellendam	Zanddrift, part of the Drostdy Museum	Mayville, another building belonging to the Drostdy Museum	SouthAfricaApr10 0856.jpg
Braeside, a very nice B&B Guesthouse in Swellendam	Braeside Guest House, Swellendam	Braeside Guest House, Swellendam	One of the bedrooms at Braeside
Breakfast room, Braeside	Breakfast room, Braeside	Sitting room, Braeside	An old thatched cottage with a white picket fence...and satellite dish, Swellendam
Koornlands Restaurant - Cuisine du Cap, Swellendam	Koornlands Restaurant, Voortrekkerstraat, Swellendam	Eerste Nasionale Bank - First National Bank, Swellendam	Ackermans, Voortrekkerstraat, Swellendam
Voortrekkerstraat 43, Swellendam	La Sosta Italian Restaurant in an old 1838 thatched cottage, Swellendam	La Sosta Italian Restaurant in an old 1838 thatched cottage, Swellendam	Green rolling hills and mountains outside Swellendam