Tears of Hope

Relaxing in Cape Town

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August 20th 2008
Okay...so before departing Swakopmund, Namibia the leader of our overland group (Heini) organized a tour of the township that he grew up in - Mendosa (hopefully I've spelled that right). We hit all the highlights - the barber, the market where we had some fat cookies (fried bread) and meat and drank some sogum (a drink made out of a kind of millet), Tears of Hope (a local orphanage), the DRC (the ... 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