Astounding Southern Africa - Oaklands Country Manor, Friday 2015 February 27
February 27th 2015 Our departure might have been delayed this morning because restaurant service was very slow at breakfast, as it was for dinner last night. However, luggage handling was faster than expected, so we were on the road at 8:30. Most of the morning was driving on the major highway N3. (Everywhere we stopped for breaks throughout the tour, the facilities were very clean.)
As we left Durban behind, the
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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 
