Taken at the Apartheid Museum

The Fun Starts Tomorrow

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January 12th 2007
Hello! Let's talk about two things: 1.) The Storms - Holy Crap! I'd forgotten how amazing and intense the South African storms are. It's the middle of summer and the other night we had a storm come through that was over our heads for literally an hour and a half! Lightening was flashing every minute and then you'd hear the loudest thunder of your life rip through the sky. I'm not b ... 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