The Amphitheatre

The Drakensberg Mountains

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August 3rd 2023
Dear All After leaving lovely, balmy Durban, I enjoyed a wonderful day of travelling, heading inland and up into the high veld region of South Africa as the temperature dropped, particularly at night. I bade a sad farewell to my wonderful hosts Neil and his wife Gerda, and drove permanently away from the South African coast which I had been hugging all of this time. My route would take more of ... read more

Africa » South Africa » KwaZulu-Natal » Cathkin Park

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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