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I MADE IT!!!!

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February 27th 2009
Well, the grueling ten hours from London to Joburg (local slang for Johannesburg) are over. It wasn't that bad really, it's just a long time to spend in a metal tube 35,000 feet up. I guess I should start this though with a description of my trip up to this point. As many of you know, I left Portland at about 11:30 on Wednesday the 25th. It turns out that "direct flight" I thought I had to L ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Gauteng » Johannesburg

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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