Me and my Dad

Week 1

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March 6th 2009
Hey guys sorry its a bit late, but here's what I got up to during my first week: The plane journey was long, but then again that goes with out saying, what do you expect when you fly to South Africa on your own! The heat hit me as soon as I got off the plane, it probably wasn't hot for South Africa, but when you're comparing it to the snow we've just had in the UK it was BOILING! You wouldn't ... 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