Our tent gets a few unexpected visitors, St Lucia

Leaving on a jet plane...

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January 5th 2009
Lou: Firstly hope everyone had a great christmas and new year. Thought it was about time you got an update as we are leaving Africa this week! Can't believe how fast the time has gone. I think last time Mark wrote we'd just arrived in Cape Town back in November. Cape Town was lots of fun, we went up Table Mountain at sunset which was fab and treated ourselves to a cheese board (which is obviously ... read more

Africa » South Africa

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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