Breakfast at Hueglin's

White River & Kruger South Africa

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October 8th 2008
SOUTH AFRICA SIDE TRIP Our group of five left Lesotho for three days at Hueglin's Lodge in White River, South Africa, to visit with Rotary acquaintances of the Olsons who own the four star lodge. Brian and Frances Hyson met us at Nelspruit Airport, designed to appeal to the many safari tourists who land there. It is an impressive thatched roof, log beam structure that feels like Ernest Hemingwa ... 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