Waterfall at Hogsback

Week 5 - "Not all those who wander are lost"

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August 11th 2015
This week I fell in love with Africa again. I fed a giraffe a peanut butter sandwich, and had a bath on the side of a mountain. Monday was a wonderful, special, giraffe filled day. We went to Areena, the place where we went quad biking, to dart some impala in their game reserve.Rick and I took it in turns to dart them from the back of a quad bike, an experience in itself. Speeding along up and d ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Eastern Cape » Chintsa

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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