Port Elizabeth Hotel

Port Elizabeth

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August 8th 2008
We spent a brief day and a half visiting Port Elizabeth. Our visit here included a trip to Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University as well as to Pearson High School. We then boarded a plane for our final destination in South Africa . . . Cape Town. ... 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