Zebra

Arrive at the Kruger

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June 18th 2010
Day 3 Today was mainly a travel day - although the 2nd part of it was through the Kruger to my (pleasantly less cold) accommodation - although there cannot be many journeys that you see a couple of elephant, a few giraffe, a zebra and the back end of a lion, and the timing couldn’t have been better as I was listening to the Germany match on the radio and no sooner had I seen my 1st elephant the ... 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