Mokoro Poling through the Delta

Finally internet access....

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January 11th 2009
Ok - to try to fill you in on the last couple of weeks. The photos probably tell the story best but: We've seen: giraffes, lions, cheetahs, elephants, hippos, crocodiles, impalas, gemsboeks, springboeks, steenboeks and other assorted boeks, water buffalo, hyena, warthogs, snakes and more. We've eaten buffalo, kudu, mealie pap, billtong, boervoers and chakka lakka (treats we shall cook up ... read more

Africa » South Africa » KwaZulu-Natal » Durban

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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