Cape of Good Hope
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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 subju... [read more]
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 subju... [read more] Blog: Mission Complete- Cape of Good Hope
Date: May 13th 2009
Well, as per usual it’s taken me awhile to post this blog, in this case though I knew this would be the final one and it was actually a little difficult for me to come to terms with this fact as I really didn’t want the trip to end. (Also I left the SD card with all my photos in the Bodrum Hilton and just got them back!) Having started back in Shanghai in May it took me ten months to make ... read more
Date: May 13th 2009
Well, as per usual it’s taken me awhile to post this blog, in this case though I knew this would be the final one and it was actually a little difficult for me to come to terms with this fact as I really didn’t want the trip to end. (Also I left the SD card with all my photos in the Bodrum Hilton and just got them back!) Having started back in Shanghai in May it took me ten months to make ... read more
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This blog is so my friends and family can track my journey from the west coast of Asia to the southern tip Africa. The idea behind this journey started in a bar in Shanghai last year. I knew I'd be finishing work soon and really didn't plan on going back to work on anything for sometime and I was talking things over with a friend of mine named Dwight when he suggested, "hey dude you know what you should do you should do is get a bike like mine and ride across China." Dwight has been living in Shanghai for years and has this really cool Chinese knockoff cicra 1940 BMW motorcycle with a sidec... full info
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