The Downpour

South Africa: Cape Town and the Safari of a Lifetime

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March 2nd 2009
The country that I have been most surprised by thus far has definitely got to be South Africa. S. Africa was one of the countries that was added when they changed our itinerary after the Somali pirates incident. I must say, when I first found out about this change, I was kind of disappointed. I had never had a strong urge to visit Africa and I was going to miss the Egyptian pyramids because of thi ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Cape Town

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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