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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 subju... [read more]
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 subju... [read more] Blog: Day 1: The Rainbow Nation
Date: April 15th 2007
2 beers, 1 orange juice, 3 bottles of water, one salt lick from the galley, 2 half-watched movies, 5 games of chess, 2 bathroom breaks*, and 11 hours later, our flight from Frankfurt, Germany touched down in the Rainbow Nation (I had to inform Erin that the nickname was derived from the many different people and cultures that make up South Africa and that an "alternative" explanation didn't exist ... read more
Date: April 15th 2007
2 beers, 1 orange juice, 3 bottles of water, one salt lick from the galley, 2 half-watched movies, 5 games of chess, 2 bathroom breaks*, and 11 hours later, our flight from Frankfurt, Germany touched down in the Rainbow Nation (I had to inform Erin that the nickname was derived from the many different people and cultures that make up South Africa and that an "alternative" explanation didn't exist ... read more
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...currently living in Germany, but moving soon...we've both decided that we wanted to experience more of an adventure and have decided to head to Africa for 3 weeks before migrating back to the land of myspace...
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