Township Rooftops

Two Faces of South Africa

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January 1st 2009
Highlights from South Africa: • Christmas in wine country can be dangerous • Sleeping in a train parked on the beach • Finishing our 10-week, 10,000km trip! • New Years in Capetown • Seeing the effects of Apartheid and the Townships of today • Cruising the Garden Route • Riding an ostrich • Hearing the teeth of a Great White screech across the steal of our diving cage - Yikes! • ... read more

Africa » South Africa

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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