Camps Bay from Kloofneck

A South African Rendevous

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March 4th 2013
8 February - 23 February We are at the check in desk for our Kulula flight from Johannesburg to Cape Town. The young man behind the counter says: "Do you have any valuables in your checked-in luggage?" "Well, not really. Just an old iPad and my Jawbone speakers. Would that be considered valuable?" "Yes," he says. "Please could you remove them and place them in your hand luggage." "Are you serio ... 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