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Heading back to South Africa...

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August 6th 2009
I leave September 30 to head back to the beautiful South Africa!! I am packing, getting things together and making plans. I arrive in Joburg on 2nd October. I will be staying in Soweto at Lebo's Soweto Backpackers. I cannot wait to take the bicycle tour of the most famous township in SA. After 5 days there, I am heading south on the N1 to the Free State. This will be my first time in that r ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Gauteng

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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