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\nAnd another South African adventure has brought us to our last day in our 2017 trip to KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape, South Africa. \u00a0Sitting in the Bloemfontein airport Mugg & Bean cafe with Elene and Dennis, I’m typing up one last comment before boarding the flight to Johannesburg, and then the long haul to JFK. <\/p>\n
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\nOur last sight-see at 7,000 feet at a mountain pass called Otto du Plessis. \u00a0What we can see there is a vast portion of the Eastern Cape, including the Indian Ocean behind us on a good day. \u00a0This area of South Africa includes the formerly named Transkei and Ciskei, where homelands or Bantusans were established for the relocation of Xhosa speaking black South Africans. \u00a0Nelson Mandela’s original home was in the Transkei. \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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