baby lioness

Day one of the blog YAY

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December 9th 2006
Hello All Okay so obviously if you are reading this you are checking out my new blog. I know it is a bit more impersonal but the internet here is very slow and unreliable so this will at least allow me to do things a bit more efficiently. And I can attach pictures!! Okay enough of that and onto life in South Africa. All is still well and I am having a good time but I wish I was doing a bit mor ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Eastern Cape » Port Elizabeth

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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