Background: After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjugation of the native inhabitants. The Boers resisted British encroachments, but were defeated in the Boer War (1899-1902). The resulting Union of South Africa operated under a policy of apartheid - the separate development of the races. The 1990s brought an end to apartheid politically and ushered in black majority rule.
October 24th 2009Africa » South Africa » Gauteng » Pretoria So I have now arrived in my fifth and final continent after nearly 11 months of travelling. My flight from Hong Kong, as all my long haul flights have been, was uneventful however my impression of Ca ... 6 photos[full story]
November 6th 2009Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Boulders Beach Thursday 5th November
Got up and looked out the window at……….. RAIN! Just what we’d come here to avoid. Fortunately it started to clear later in the morning so we headed of ... 17 photos[full story]
January 1st 2009Africa » South Africa Highlights from South Africa:
• Christmas in wine country can be dangerous
• Sleeping in a train parked on the beach
• Finishing our 10-week, 10,000km trip!
• New Years in Cape ... 14 photos[full story]
November 5th 2009Africa » South Africa » KwaZulu-Natal » Durban Hello everyone! I hope you all had a happy Halloween I am enjoying seeing the photos. Things have been good here lately, calm and relaxing which is a wonderful change! My proposal has been ap ... 44 photos[full story]
November 5th 2009Africa » South Africa » KwaZulu-Natal Saturday-- there I was, sitting in a loud smokey pub- surrounded by farmers clad in shorts and safari shirts-- straight out of the movies-- really enjoy that though-- sitting there with Neil, he is al ... [full story]
November 4th 2009Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Cape Town Cardiff to Cape Town
Having decided to head for the sun the only fly in the ointment was that Jane’s ticket was a standby one and standby seats can only be made available on a first-come, firs ... 6 photos[full story]
November 4th 2009Africa » South Africa » KwaZulu-Natal » Howick My usual morning routine is to get up between 5:30 & 5:45am, have a shower, lots of breakfast and spend a while reading my Bible and praying before work at 8am. However, since being ill, I have been t ... [full story]
November 4th 2009Africa » South Africa » KwaZulu-Natal I will have a logner entry soon..I promise .. but this is just a quick pop in pop out type of thing..
I went to PMburg today with a mission.. to go to the Midlands Mall and see what kind of facial
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November 4th 2009Africa » South Africa » KwaZulu-Natal » Durban woke this morning early at sparrows fart packed up and got ready Andre a contractor working in umkomaas offered to take me part of the way to hillcrest in natal was dropped off at assagay turn off and ... [full story]
November 3rd 2009Africa » South Africa » KwaZulu-Natal » Pietermaritzburg Today I Relaxed and put my foot up watched tv and slept organised a few things for tomorrow and felt alot better then went to sleep dreaming of butterflys lol ... [full story]