Jen with Pim at Orange River camp site

Ceres to Orange River

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October 2nd 2006
Up at 5:15 in pitch dark for packing and duties, then 6am breakfast prepared on the camp fire by our Kenyan cook Joseph as day broke. We left then travelled through the dry and barren landscape of Namaqualand, stopping for supplies at Springbok (mainly alcohol). It was a long days drive. We arrived at the Orange river which forms the border with Namibia here but kept on the S. African bank westwar ... read more

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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