Basil

Animal Farm

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July 1st 2008
First Two Weeks of Holiday This is our first blog entry. After selling and moving all of our stuff during the last week in June, we left for LM's family farm to drop off and leave our two cats there. We decided to spend 5 days on the farm to help the cats get used to the environment. We ate like kings and went on a few game drives which where great: we saw Rhinos, Sables, Lechwe's ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Free State

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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