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TWELVE OYSTERS, TWO SHOES

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January 29th 2008
KNYSNA PART I TWELVE OYSTERS, TWO SHOES It’s a rolling IMAX movie theater. I have a box seat, pent house, on a double-decker bus from Stellenbosch to Knysna (pronounced Nysna). The huge front window wraps around me like the clear convex wall of a bubble. Suspended ten feet above the road, it feels like a carpet ride. I am streaking through brightly lit farm country ... 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