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A Zulu Dawn for a Birthday Girl, Blood River and Spion Kop

June 14th 2006
What more could a girl ask for, even surpassing last year's trip to the KGB Museum in Vilnius...a trip to the battlefields of South Africa!!. In view of the difficult transport issues, we retreated back to Durban to take charge of a Toyota Tazz - brand new, but otherwise known as a 1986 Corolla. The battlefields are about 3 hours north of Durban in Natal Province and we chose a tortureous route ... read more
Africa » South Africa » KwaZulu-Natal » Dundee

South African Flag 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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