Cape Town

The view from my hotel window

July 15th 2008
I arrived in Cape Town late Friday evening, expecting a ride into town arranged by the tour company, but this never happened. I don't know why, so I had to take a taxi to my hotel. The taxi driver talked the entire time and told me in detail the history of South Africa. The flight from Amsterdam took longer than the flight from Vancouver to Amsterdam. Africa is a big continent. We flew over A ... 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

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Chris Lock

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I am a high school teacher. You can see all my photos at My online photos The summer of 2006 was my third summer in a row that I travelled for the entire summer. In 2006 I travelled to London, then Greece, Turkey and Egypt. The summer of 2007 was a trip to Australia. The summer of 2008 was a trip from Cape Town to Nairobi, 6 weeks in a truck with an overland tour company. June to September 2009 was the longest trip at 10 weeks. I visited Central Europe, the Balkans and a side trip for the last week in Paris. The summer of 2010, I cross... full info

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