Hello South Africa

Day 169 - Hello Africa

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December 18th 2006
After a couple of hours sleep and a brief stop in Cape Town, we arrived in Johannesburg, We had initially planned to spend 3 days visiting the Drakensburg Mountains, but in the end abandoned that idea as too rushed. Instead we were met at the airport by a very good friend of Gemma’s parents, Ted, who has lived in South Africa for the past 30 odd years. Setting the theme for the next couple of da ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Gauteng » Johannesburg

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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