Pretoria

Bye bye Africa

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October 29th 2007
Last stop on the African continent - Johannesburg. I spent 3 days in the capital before catching my flight to Sydney. Joberg is an interesting place. I'm sure you've all heard how terrible it is with violent crime statistics flying about all over the place. I'm not going to try and paint a different picture, though my time there was rather uneventful. Had I put myself at risk who knows what would ... 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