Lion Cub

A Kruger More Scary Than Freddie

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February 11th 2008
(In order to convey the feelings I had while writing this blog, please have the following paragraph read out loud by an overexcited, out of breath 5 year old.) This one time in Africa. We saw Lions. And Zebra. And went on a boat. And Then. There was this huge waterfall. And Hippos. And we ate cake made of candy bars. And there were monkeys. And I jumped off a bridge. And we rode in a big tru ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Gauteng » Johannesburg

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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