Train

Training it from Jo'burg to Cape Town

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March 18th 2011
Hi everyone, This blog will be about our trip south from Jo'burg to Cape Town by train and time we spent with a social work colleague in Wellington, just outside Cape Town. After hearing so much about the bad things that happen around Jo'burg train station we made it just fine and got on the train to Cape Town. We had booked a 2 berth compartment which proved to be very small so Linda asked t ... 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