Tourist at Cape of Good Hope

What happened?

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January 5th 2006
Ok, I know i have been really bad at updating this journal. I have been trying to come up with so many excuses, I got seriously eaten by a Great White, mauled by a lion, kidnapped by a thousand South African belly dancers and forced into slavery. Then i though so what if i hadn't updated it yet....I am in Africa, andtherfore working in African time...it'll get done...EVENTUALLY There is somethi ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Cape Town

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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