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Seth Efrica

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January 23rd 2006
Well the flight over was a really cool experience. As I requested I was given a window seat; infact I was the only person in economy apart from another guy infront who had a seat to themselves. It seems everyone was bunched together tightly squeezed except us. Being served 2 meals, coke was on tap and the leg room bareable my journey to South Africa went without hitch. Arriving at the airp ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Gauteng » Pretoria

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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