#13 From Durban to Capetown Photo 5

July 15th 2010
TWO POSTS IN ONE What a wild week it has been since we left Durban. We drove the first day about 100 kilometers to a town called Umzumbe. It was a bit harrowing as we left Durban with more than ¼ tank of gas but on our approach to Umzumbe we were below the empty line with the fuel needed indicator on. To complicate matters people couldnt understand when we asked for the nearest fuel station. ... 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

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Around the world trip; April 1, 2010 to August 1, 2011 (apx return date). It will look something like this! 2010 April-May: Washington DC to Roanoke, VA to Buffalo, NY June-July: Cape Verde, South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambique August-September: Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya October-November: Qatar, Sri Lanka, Nepal, India December: Dubai, Abu Dabai, Oman 2011 January-May: China, North Korea, Mongolia June-July: Japan, Austrailia, New Zealand, French Polynesia... full info

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