Penguins

Landing over the rainbow

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July 16th 2008
Fear is derived from uncertainty, and there was plenty of uncertainty spinning within my mind as my flight landed in Cape Town. My global cell phone did not work in Amsterdam during my layover, so I had sent my dad an SOS e-mail to contact the service provider to see if they could straighten it out. Little did I know that in addition to being down one phone, I was also down one credit card. I had ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Cape Town

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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