Hyenas on night safari

South Africa - journey beginning

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November 8th 2009
"My friends, we are a nomadic people so we cannot stay here - we must travel onwards" - Manda For the Africa trip, the blog is a journal I kept on the road on my EeePC. Day 0 - Johannesburg Have arrived in Johannesburg the day before departure. The flight on Emirates was fine but fairly uneventful, not a bad airline but nothing particularly special. Watched 500 Days of Sum ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Limpopo

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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