I've never had cow meat before, I wonder what it's like - Shanice Moncrieffe 2014
June 17th 2014 Our first full day here. After being woken by lions roaring it's safe to say that for once we were happy to be awake. After orientation at 7:30 and breakfast we met with the local vet before heading off on a game drive. It couldn't have been a better experience to start the trip off with! We got right up close to a hippo, an elephant herd, zebras, wildebeest and a lot of impala!
In the afterno
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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 
