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Cape Town - South Africa

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October 21st 2005
Well goodness me - we are on our trip. What has Emily done??? The flights were not as bad as they could have been - lots of wine and an overnight sleep. Although we were delayed for 30 mins at Johannesbourg on the internal flight to Cape Town as no one had a key for the departure gate. We have now spent a day in Cape Town - on an open top bus - visited a Castle - and more importantly drank ... 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