D and Mandela

Are we there yet?

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June 24th 2007
So we finally made it to Jo'burg. Here's what you've missed so far. Flight over At 4PM CST on Thursday, June 21 we stepped into Chicago's O'Hare Airport. At 8AM GMT +1 (1AM CST) on Saturday, June 23, we stepped off of our third plane in our fourth airport. Finally, at 9:30 GMT +1 that same morning, we left the airport. We had traveled for nearly 35 hours, and had come away with many ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Gauteng » Johannesburg

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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