x long straight road sml

I like driving in my car .......

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June 29th 2010
Day 14 Driving, driving and more driving over 800kms deal through not a great………left Pete to fly down to Cape Town while I drove via the Northern Cape (the Augrabies falls) - this was always going to be a long one ……but I will never complain about UK road-works again - the first couple of times were 'fun' but by the 4th one of these I was over it!!!!!!!!. ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Northern Cape » Augrabies Falls National Park

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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