Beaded work was beautiful

South Africa to Zimbabwe Days 5 & 6

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August 21st 2010
Long dayFriday, August 20. We fly to Durbin this morning then take a short tour of the city before driving to Hluhluwe in Zululand. Before arriving at our hotel, we stop at a Zulu collective market to buy native goods. The market is run largely by women who make and sell their products, drums, jewelry, wooden bowls. We don't get into the hotel till 6 pm, twelve hours after we left the ... read more

Africa » South Africa » KwaZulu-Natal » Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game Reserve

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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