Pickles and other good things

August 14th 2011
Today we did what many in Johannesburg do on a Sunday afternoon - wandered around and ate at the Rosebank Mall. The mall is, well...a mall. Nothing about it really sets it apart from Anywhere USA - not the shops (Body Works even!), escalator, food court, the clothes on the people walking about. But on Sundays, I was told, there was a nice African market. So after we stopped at the drugstore so ... 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

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justjill

Well into my 46th year on the planet, feeling less than satisfied with my work and my everyday existence, I quit my job, threw my things in storage, loaded my Jeep with my bicycle, camping gear, cat, camera, clothes for all weather conditions and various contingencies, and I'm now driving away from the life I'd been living. I'm not looking for anything in particular - just looking around. I want to see things I've never seen, do things I've never done. If along the way I can do some sort of mid-life re-assessment, all the better. We'll see.... full info

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