Bones, diamonds and jacaranda 1010200

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October 12th 2018
Day 18, Tuesday 9 October We both woke up fine! No noticeable aftermath to Paul's attack yesterday. Today was about old bones, very, very old bones. There is a site to the North West of Johannesburg titled the Cradle of Humankind, with two visitable places - a visitor centre at Maropeng and the Sterkfontein Caves. The Sterkfontein Caves is one of the world's richest sites for hominid rema ... read more

Africa » South Africa

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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