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BlueMTexpat

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3. Thanks, ss2!

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Tue Jul 19, 2016, 03:47 AM

Jul 2016

Nelson Mandela was and will remain one of my Heroes.

In 2005, Mr BlueMT and I visited Robben Island. http://www.capetown.travel/attractions/entry/Robben_Island_and_Museum

It is truly amazing that Mandela and those like him were able to retain even a shred of humanity in such conditions.

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