elusive peak. -Come on. Let's get one last view. Well, that last gravel was worth it. -It was. -So what about 2,500 meters up here which is about 8000 feet?What's this summit called? -Doesn't have a name. -Doesn't have a name? -No. Doesn't have a

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An unexpected break in the weather means I am able to make one more stab at the summit. -It's difficult to believe this is the same spot as yesterday without the rain. You can actually see. And look at that vista! With the spring back into my stab, t

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It's on foot. It's amazing how quickly you find yourself in isolation. There's nobody here, just the baboons. The morning mist seems to be pretty determined not to lift. No sooner have I begun to make progress on my walk, then the path ahead goes com

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Day two, and rather worryingly, the weather doesnt seem to be improving. It also requires a painfully early start. Its an 18-kilometer round trip from the hotel to the summit, which most hikers tackle in one go, averaging eight to nine hours of stead

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亚洲缺虎骨求狮骨 保育者急救南非狮 A new ad campaign is underway in South Africa to stop the countrys lion bone trade. Lions are killed so their bones can be used to make fake aphrodisiacs and traditional medicines. The demand for the

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-This is Burger dale, one of the main rest camps in the Kruger National Park, a sort of safe haven for humans if you will. But I am gonna take thing a little bit further and heading out into the bush on something called the volatile trail. It's a lit

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-Thank you, John.-So now we can breathe out and start to relax. -It is voluntary in this area. No one is allowed to go in this land. No one is allowed to walk in this area as well yet. So, for the next three days, bascially that all 62,000 acres is y

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-So,a pretty substantial herd of elephant...just a few feet away.And this is the fence...to protect us in our camp.Isn't that fantastic?But the real business of the wilderness experience doesn't start until the morning.And before that is the noises o

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They are just gorgeous creatures. Hello! The next morning is a new chapter. Day two starts with Wilie ushering me straight onto the beach. Such a contrast yesterday, walking on the sand at this time of the oceans, this close, whispering a toast. What

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Course'ssociety reads like who is who south African politics, Tuba Mbeki,Desmond Tutu, Oliver Tumble, Nelson Mandela, all famous courses. I feelbetter already. The talkativerelaxed people with a habit of producing leading politicians. I will speak li

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Bloody hell, so the fynboses becomes finely manicured grass, about the nature, Id like to introduce you to the leisure industry. Pinnacle point is perhaps the most ambitious development on the stretch of the garden route. Up to 850 properties are pla

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South Africa is a country that always creates an impression. We know of its diverse population, the troubled history of apartheid and its rebirth as a global travel destination. Ive been a fun of this country for many years, but this is my chance to

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One view, however, is entirely man-made. The Pinnacle Point Golf Resort is my walks newest landmark, but it sits on top of its oldest, as the caves beneath are home to the archeological site set to reveal secrets of the origin of mankind. The cliffs

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Dias and his crew were the very first northern hemisphere sailors to make it around the Cape of Good Hope, making Mossel Bay a start point for 500 years of European involvement in South Africa. Dias merely stopped here to replenish supplies and met p

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It's on foot. It's amazing how quickly you find yourself in isolation. There's nobody here, just the baboons. The morning mist seems to be pretty determined not to lift. No sooner have I begun to make progress on my walk, then the path ahead goes com

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South Africa is a country that always creates an impression. We know of its diverse population, the troubled history of apartheid and its rebirth as a global travel destination. Ive been a fan of this country for many years, but this is my chance to

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--So there it is the Orange River, resplendent in all its glory. It's journeyed all the way across the South Africa before making this dramatic plunge, the lifeblood of the area.--This has been my most remote walk so far, and we've crossed some prett

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But in 1893, it wasn't the river or the geology that was to be protected, rather the local antelope herds. Policing methods proved adequate though, hunting remain widespread and the antelope population remains a fraction of what it once was.Today, th

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The canyon has power and attraction compelling the visitor to gaze into its depth. These few points to a time when rainfall here would be significantly greater and the river evermore able to cover its channel through the granite landscape. This volca

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South Africa's ruling African National Congress has swept Wednesday's elections. But it has failed to win the two-thirds majority it sought and has lost control of a major province. 南非执政党非洲人国民大会获得星期三的选举的大胜,

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