Big tip

Just near the township was a rubbish dump that Steven took me to with some rubbish from his new plumbing business. As we walked in all these little black children leapt on the back of the van and rooted through all the rubbish and took it off for us. They got a little tip and anything they could find from the rubbish (eg wooden palettes to help build houses)

Zebra Crossing

November 20th 2006
A short plane ride took me to the beautiful city of Port Elizabeth where I hired a car and road tripped to a little village called Port Alfred to meet Emma for a long weekend. (A lovely teacher friend from York who has moved out here with her South African boyfriend Steven) On the way I saw a wild heard of zebras! Very excited I turned the car round only to find out they were normal black and w ... 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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