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Day 172 - Tears at Arrivals

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December 21st 2006
We’d expected to be making the Jo’burg to Cape Town trip by bus, but we’d got very lucky with flights and had bought tickets for £35 each. Our superb host of the last few days, Ted, dropped us at the airport on his way to ‘work’ - at a golf club - and before long we were waiting for our bags in Cape Town. Gemma was getting very excited at the imminent prospect of seeing her parents, and ... 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