Trying to surf

Coffee Bay

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February 25th 2009
Johney Schumacker picks us up in his bus and drops us off for Coffee bay. It's one of those jumbo transit vans, with the long back and high roof, plus it has a big ass trailer for all the backpacks. The first thing he says before he starts driving is that he knows the roads really well and that it just feels like he is going really fast because the roads are windey but the van is actually limited ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Eastern Cape » Coffee Bay

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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