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New month, new continent ~ AFRICA

September 1st 2016
There is a distinctive quality to light in Africa. I can emerge from a plane, stand on the tarmac, look at the sky.....and KNOW I am THERE ! When I was a teenager, I heard someone say that Africa is rather like a ' fever in your bloodstream, You never get rid of it.' Having been gone more than 30 years, I have to say I think it's true. Especially once you leave the cities far behin ... read more
Africa » South Africa » Gauteng » Johannesburg

South African Flag 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
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