View as the sun went down

Week 2

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March 7th 2009
Hello again, Week 1 and week 2 come in quick succession and from now on I will try to write about things as they happen. Not much really happened during the week, except I went to one of the beaches in central Durban and met some nice life guards - baywatch shorts an all :p At the weekend I went away with the friends I've been staying with and some of their friends. We stayed at a place ... read more

Africa » South Africa » KwaZulu-Natal » Durban

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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