A quick sake for the road?

Return to the Mother City

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March 2nd 2007
Since we are away for so long it had always been our intention to do some volunteering along the way. We had opted not to apply for a program back home, but instead to see what came up along the way. We were also keen to avoid a program that wanted us more for our money than for our time. We hadn't really considered doing this in Cape Town until we got there at Christmas - we had always envisaged ... 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