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Cape Point & Cape of Good Hope

May 27th 2007
Today is the first of two days I have been waiting for since I found out I was going to South Africa-The Cape of Good Hope and Cape Point. Today is my professors birthday so a few of us got up early and decorated the dining area of the guest room to surprise her when she came down. We had a "random" birthday party at breakfast and then we got on our way to the place where two waters meet. On the ... read more
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South African Flag 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
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