Ntaba Kandoda National Monument

Hogsback- wet and cold

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July 7th 2012
Me and Izak van der Ham left East London in calm and relatively good weather conditions. Izak has planned this trip and after it was cancelled the previous week-end, there was no stopping us now. I forgot my rainsuite in my eagerness. Rain was the last thing on my mind. Boring tar road from East London to King William's Town and then more tar road pass Dimbaza and then right to Keiskammahoek un ... read more

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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