Nelly and the elephant

Elephants and Footy

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June 17th 2010
Day 2 Off for an elephant experience and safari - it was based in a luxury golf and spa resort (with own airstrip!!!!) - I wonder what the R&A Rules say about having a Zebra on the fairway!!!!! The ‘Experience’ was getting up close and learning about half a dozen elephants - these would have been culled if not part of this park, but even so I had the nagging doubt that I was part of a circus ... 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