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Cape Town

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January 8th 2014
Have been slack on my blog recently as it seems we've always got things to do. However, if I don't upload photos now, I won't be able to for a long time. So therefore a brief update verbally on what we've been doing and the rest you can see in pictures. We’ve been in Cape Town a while now and are just holding off leaving until we get a good weather window. We were going to leave ... 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