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Digging in Poo

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February 6th 2014
Geo: -24.7805, 26.2697Today we began our 9 days of leave. We left the lodge quite late today, just after 12pm. For this leave we were spending our time in Johannesburg with Paul's parents. Just after we left the lodge we stopped to watch the large troop banded mongoose by the side of the road. It was probably the same troop that lives at our lodge. The mongooses were having a great time ... read more

Africa » South Africa

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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