"The Point"

Planes, trains, and automobiles-SA Style

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January 24th 2008
Now that the honeymoon stage of moving to South Africa has moved into the equally exciting stage of adventurous reality, we have found that familiarity leads to comfortability. I guess that I really mean that from the experiential mind. Aldous Huxley said it beast, "Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you." It's all good and easy when on vacation, but wh ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Cape Town » West Beach

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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