Semi-Final

Congratulations Spain and Thank You South Africa

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July 12th 2010
I flew back to Cape Town, my favorite city in the country (despite it being completely un-South African and even moreso un-African). I booked into another hostel on Long Street and met back up with Sonny and Odei. Sonny is a steak connoisseur and researched the best steak houses in every place we showed up in. So steak was in the plans for most nights traveling with them. We went to a place ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Gauteng » Pretoria

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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