Beautiful Flora

Day 1: The Rainbow Nation

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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

Africa » South Africa » Mpumalanga

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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 subjug... ... read more