The Other Side of the Tracks

We've been a week in South Africa, and still it's confusing to see such massive contrast between the acres and acres of land crowded with these homes, and the acres and acres of land with just one mansion behind razor wire and cameras.

Iâve Been Rich, Iâve Been Poor. Rich is Better?

May 18th 2007
Knysna We had made our way through this town of holidaymakers, industry, new subdivisions, and luxury estates, sea- and lake-view estates, multimillion-dollar waterfront apartments, huge mansions side by side, crammed in for a piece of the view of the sea and mountains. I couldn’t breathe. We were headed for the indigenous forest with a longing to walk and be nourished by nature. To be in the ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Mossel Bay

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

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