Achern, Germany

From Bædeker's  The Rhine - 1873: pp 200-1

Stat. Achern (*Krone, or Post, carr, to Allerheiligen 7–8 fl.;*Adler, moderate; beer at Huber's and the Engel), a thriving little town, lies at the mouth of the Kappeler Thal. The market-place is adorned with a monument to the Grand Duke Leopold (d. 1852). In the vicinity is the admirably conducted Lunatic Asylum of Illenau, accommodating 400 patients. Hence through the Kappeler Thal to Allerheiligen.

Komani, South Africa

Komani, formerly Queenstown, is a town in the middle of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, roughly halfway between the smaller towns of Cathcart and Sterkstroom. It is currently the commercial, administrative and educational centre of the surrounding farming district.

Its former nickname, "Rose Capital of South Africa", comes from the large gardens and open places for flowers, (especially roses), in and around the town.

Mauritius

Clemens reached Port Louis April 15, 1896 and went ashore the next morning.  They took a train to the resort town of Curepipe and stayed there for nearly two weeks.  They sailed via Mozambique for South Africa April 28th aboard the Arundel Castle.

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