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Dusk at the Sunsetview Guesthouse

And now we know where the name came from.
Settling in with the Trekkers

March 31st 2006
Several days have passed since my last blog and it seems like there are a million things to talk about. The phone lines went out, as things tend to do around here, and with their eventual repair, the internet promptly stopped working for a couple days. So now it’s time to catch up. I spent the last of the weekend trying to get things in order and recover from the jet lag, that along with thr ... read more
Africa » South Africa » Gauteng » Pretoria

South African Flag 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
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