Quiver Tree Forest

I’LL GIVE YOU A DAISY A DAY DEAR

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September 5th 2010
We spent the next couple of days on the move and doing a few touristy things. Theo got chatting to Tromp, a worker at the Waterfalls, who was prepared to show him how to plait and make a whip (a dying tradition) so we jumped on the bike to Niewoutville to look for a guy called Dupie at the Hotel who could apparently sell Theo some rawhide strips needed to make the whip. Unfortunately he wasn’t ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Northern Cape

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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