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Welcome to South Africa

January 18th 2008
Hello. Well we have finally arrived in South Africa. I was thinking that this is probably as far away from home as physically possible. So, I looked up an online map and saw that the exact opposite of Calgary, Alberta on a world globe is just off the coast of South Africa. So I guess technically, if I were to swim off shore, I would be on the exact other side of the world, but for my sake, I t ... read more
Africa » South Africa » KwaZulu-Natal » Durban

South African Flag 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
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