Photos from Gauteng, South Africa, Africa - page 8

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Giraffe spotting

Sitting at the back of our room

Our "room" at Thornybush!

The Nyala that were always wandering around

Three Rondavels

Blyde River Canyon

Market stall

And another

Another view

Bourke's Luck Potholes

Flying London to Johannesburg .

Our guide Jac .

Nelson Mandela’s home

Monument to the Freedom Charter

Walter Sisulu square

Freedom charter

Freedom charter engraved in bronze

Walter Sisulu Square

Nearly there !

The way cars and trucks get across

Checking the reeds for crocs on the Zambezi

The bridge under construction

Hers come our transport across the Zambezi

Another hotel view

Ancient baobao tree in the hotel lobby area

Our neighbours

Our view to the Chobe River from our hotel unit

Power station away in the pollution haze

N4,wide lanes and sealed shoulder,great for driving

Lunchtime stop on the N4

Speaks for itself

Gods Window....enough said

Panoramic !

LIsbon Falls

Water source for Lisbon Falls

View from our deck

All the comforts of home inside

Entry to our 'tent' across the deck at Tydon Safari Camp

Interior of our room.Love Mama elephant and her baby on one wall

Rooms all have thatched roofs and the lodge is a haven away from the hustle and bustle outsides the walls

Safari Club SA,Johannesburg,our overnight stay.We will be back 2 more times before we head home

Port Elizabeth airport waiting for an incoming aircraft or two

Summerstrand where the homes are all behind tall walls

The perimeter wall of the B&B is electrified all around

I'm a gnu, how do you do?

Hyena

Never smile at a crocodile....

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Brief history of South Africa

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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...more history

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