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Finally Cape Town/Stellenbosch Here We Are

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February 22nd 2009
And we land in South Africa, all be it a little late. Upon our arrival in Cape Town we were picked up with the other Stellenbosch students that had been on the plane with us, but of course Arcadia being what Arcadia is we had a completely different game plan than they did. It involved us (being Vanessa, Liz - another Arcadia study abroader, and I) getting into a sketchy white van with some Afr ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Stellenbosch

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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