Sunrise during the morning safari

A Tale of Two Cities

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March 24th 2013
Geo: -33.916, 18.4222At 5:00am, Kjell knocked at our cottage door and announced we had 30 minutes until we left for a sunrise game drive. The sky was again cloudless and it was already quite warm, even before the sun rose. We spent much of this morning drive tracking Cape Buffalo, but were unsuccessful. We did see a huge variety, however, of gazelle and antelopes and tons of zebra. Though we had ... read more

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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