The Dung Beetle

This beetle lays its eggs in the dung and then rolls it into a ball bigger than herself. She rolls the ball down the road, we're not sure where she takes it. When the eggs hatch they have instant food!! This is also the beetle that is on the Egyptian scarab.

Mark and Richard's Wild Ride

March 8th 2006
In reality the entire 12 days was one WILD RIDE!! The days just flew by with all the great things that we saw and did. If I tried to recap the entire trip in one blog, it would take me several weeks just to down load all the photos that I have chosen from the hundreds that I took. So, instead I am going to do this in 4 segments, starting with our safari at Kruger National Park. Which was really ... read more

Africa » South Africa

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

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