Coo! Look at the view

May in Campfire

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May 31st 2009
Well here I am again. It has been a quiet three weeks on Campfire, as most of the game seems for a while to have deserted us. We have spent a bit of time working, mostly erosion control and clearing the firebreak around the fence. People have come and gone, but I have stayed and I’m now the old timer here in more ways than one. We had a trip out to camp by the Oliphants river, which was a pleas ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Limpopo » Hoedspruit

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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