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Day 318: The End
August 21st 2007 Got to town and immediately took a wrong turn bringing us to the completely wrong end of town during rush hour with no decent map. Sweet. ...on the plus side, feeling a million times more confident about Johannesburg compared to a month and a half ago when we were there! (or at least driving on the other side of the road) Stopped at the mall for one last shop, headed north to halfway between Jo'bu
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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 COMING SOON HOUSE ADVERTISING ads_leader_photo_bottom