En route to the Kruger

Kruger National Park

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December 23rd 2005
The drive to the Kruger National Park was uneventful. Tom had bought a couple of shortwave walkie-talkies so that we could keep in touch as we were driving along. Great idea. The scenery en route was spectacular as we passed through the northern end of the Drakensburg Mountains. We dropped down from the mountains and when we stopped to buy some fruit we could feel the difference in the tempera ... 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