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Robben Island

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February 27th 2010
Sorry for the brief hiatus. Ryan and I were both under the weather for a few days. Tomorrow at our next stop we have free wirless so we plan to catch up on the blogging. In the interim - our last day in Cape Town we spent on Robben Island. Robben Island is an island in Table Bay, seven kilometres off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa. The name is Dutch for "seal island". Robben Island and is ... read more

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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