Amarula tree being strangled by a parasitic fig, as giraffes observe dispassionately

South Africa 2017: May 21

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May 21st 2017
Today is more or less a carbon copy of the previous day. Wake-up at 5:30 am, coffee and rusks at 6, departure on safari at 6:30. Richard wants to see if we can find the elephant herd that lives in the next valley over. To do that, of course, we have to get over the mountain. As yesterday, we start in almost pitch blackness but the sun rises swiftly. Again, beautiful mists from the valley as the ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Mpumalanga » Kruger National Park

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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