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No lions in the Kruger or Bloemfontein

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June 27th 2010
Day 12 Not a good one ;-(((( Up early again and we spent most of it sat in the truck while the tracker/ ranger tried (and failed) to find something……… then (because Eng came 2nd) we had to bomb it back to J’brg to watch Eng v Ger - enuff said, Fortunately we had tickets to Soccer City for Mex v Arg, and whilst the admin of getting there was a lot after driving back from the Kruger, it w ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Gauteng » Johannesburg » Soweto

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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