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Two months in Kruger

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December 6th 2007
November was a really hectic month and we got a taste of what a week of 105 degree heat feels like. We worked for a couple weeks in the central part of the park, near Satara restcamp, raising 24 rain-out shelters within a big fenced area. The fence is to keep out the animals, but even though the outer fence is 10 feet high, giraffes and zebra can still leap over it to get inside….park staff h ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Mpumalanga » Kruger National 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