Landing

Africa...WOW!

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January 8th 2007
About 3 hours from landing in Jo'burg I decided I better psych myself out for being in SA for 4.5 months...but Luke, the Korean businessman next to me kept chatting. Yesterday (day 2) it hit me....you should see the size of the birds here! It's enough to make anyone realize they're not in America anymore. Plus it's hotter than hell. It's amazing here! Much different than what I remember fro ... 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