End of the line, the only way to go is to go back, but not as the crow flies 20180212_073740

End of the line, the only way to go is to go back, but not as the crow flies

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February 17th 2018
The Victoria falls are impressive to put it mildly, 1,7 km or so of cascading, falling and roaring water. There’s so much spray in the air that it comes back down like rain, not like some chicken shit shower in Bulawayo. Funnily enough it was discovered by Livingstone, as if the locals didn’t find it a couple of thousand years or so before and calling it "The smoke that thunders” It’s t ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Mpumalanga

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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