Me& some children in Soweto

25days African Experience (on an Overland Safari)

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September 19th 2005
And so the adventure begins... SOUTH AFRICA 19th October: London>Doha>Johannesburg Arrived in J'burg about 5am-was so bloody tired cause couldn't sleep on the plane. Took a chance and got a taxi to hostel where I met mumma & her friend Bev. Had some breaky and then slept!! Got up round lunch time and went into Soweto, a township in J'burg with a pop. of 4.5 million ... read more

Africa » South Africa

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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