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Durban - "Zulumatics"

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November 26th 2008
After deciding to bring our flights forward, we landed in Durban with minimal sleep and looking a little pasty to say the least. Claire’s Mom collected us from the airport and whizzed us back to the house, where we began to get steadily wasted in celebration of our first day of *annual leave. (*leave lasting a year) The preceding days were much of the same and the arrival of Nicole and Simo ... read more

Africa » South Africa » KwaZulu-Natal » Durban

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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