The Kalahari

Pascal Parent on April 17th, 2007

A day in Witsand Nature Reserve is a day well spent despite the roads to get there and the local incompetent staff. the reserve is amazingly beautiful and baffling beyond words. Imagine a setting where to the south, stretching for miles is the African bush. To the north, also stretching for miles is white sand [...]

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Pascal Parent on April 16th, 2007

We started the day by going to see the Kimberley Big Hole, I was told on various occasions not to expect much, if anything at all. De Beers invested a whooping 52 millions and what I saw was just  breath taking. And I am not talking of the "Big Hole". The surprise came in the [...]

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Pascal Parent on April 15th, 2007

Don’t take me wrong, but an 11 day camping trip in one of the most arid and isolated place in South Africa takes some planing. And sometimes, I mess it up. That’s what happened to the day of departure. I have now learned not to leave on a trip on a Sunday. The pharmacy only [...]

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