Cape Town is My Kinda Town Photo 12

Cape Town is My Kinda Town

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August 17th 2010
So originally I didn't think I was going to keep the blog while Jason and I were away in Africa but after seeing that the hotel has free access to their computers and I would be able to upload photos, I figured why not? So I'll do my best to hopefully post daily while I am here in Cape Town but I cannot guarantee the same once we get to Botswana. Our flight from JFK to Johannesburg was loooong ... read more

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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