Travelling again? Galavanting with Kathryn Costello
What’s in a name? Kwa Zulu-Natal, South Africa.
Kwa Zulu-Christmas. That doesn’t sound quite right, does it? What if the history books wrote about Port Christmas? Or the Colony of Christmas?
The Umzimvubu River and Port St Johns
…..as usual, the European powers that were, had no respect for local knowledge, so the Umzimvubu River is called the St Johns River on all maps, and in all books written up until the early 1900s.
The Trekbokke of the Karoo
The springbok treks in the late 1800s were akin to swarms of locusts moving over the land, and as devastating to sheep farmers, who often gave up farming after their grazing land had been destroyed by the springbokke.
The Beervlei Dam
It does not supply any towns with water. Considering that this the dry, almost desert like Little Karoo, you will think that strange, or a waste of precious water.
Carnelian Beads on Transkei Beaches
…is there an unaccounted for wreck under the dunes?
Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park, aka HIP
…a huge black mamba, one of Africa’s most deadly snakes, rose up between them. They froze, and the snake went on its way, but came back when……
The Shongweni Falls and Railway Tunnels
As waterfalls go, it isn’t very spectacular, but if you venture down to the bottom of the gorge you will be awestruck by the railway tunnels there.
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Traveling again? Galavanting with Kathryn Costello 