Relaxing by the pool

Arrival in Jo'burg

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December 22nd 2005
This blog is to record our Christmas holiday in South Africa for family and friends (mainly Andrew and Lara who will not be able to see our photos any other way as they are on their own travels in Asia and whose own blog is providing us with hours of amusement). We set off from Heathrow on 21st December and, once we were trapped on the plane with no way of contacting the outside world, we were ... 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