Our beach - Clifton 4th

Feeling more like a local now

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December 10th 2007
Let’s just get straight into it, no need for any poetic prelude. Day 18 Today we spent a few hours in the morning shadowing the biomechanists (who are nothing more than glorified personal trainers) in the SSISA gym. From here we went to the hospital where many of the SSISA doctors perform their surgery. After providing the receptionist enormous entertainment through our pronunciation of the ... 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