Weekend in Durbs Photo 2

Weekend in Durbs

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August 18th 2012
When I eventually prised myself away from Coffee Bay, I took the shuttle bus back up to Mthatha. There I found a minibus going to Durban. This was the first time in South Africa I had gone back to the traditional African way of finding a minibus, taking my seat and waiting for it to fill up before we got to go. It took about an hour for it to fill up and, perhaps not too surprisingly, I was the on ... read more

Africa » South Africa » KwaZulu-Natal » Durban

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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