Blue Bottle

South Africa - 7th Dec - 10th Feb

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January 29th 2010
Hello, and welcome to our long-awaited blog! We must start this by saying a huge thankyou to you, our friends and family for all the support, love and help you’ve offered us, without which this trip of a lifetime wouldn’t have been possible. So goodbye England, hello World! First stop South Africa...land of the Lion, home of Guy. Exhausted from weeks of packing up the house and tying up a ... 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