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As we drive past the total nobody, our thoughts inevitably lead to the times in the past when we reminded ourselves that, in the bigger scheme of things, we are all nobodies - you are mistaken if you think you are, or should be, more important than others. We are all equal in the eyes of God. I will show you where to find the total nobody when I get to that point in my story… We depart at check-out time from Shingwedzi. We drive via Mopani rest camp to the Phalaborwa gate of Kruger in the hope of seeing…

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Shingwedzi Rest Camp

If you were a poacher or gun-runner a hundred years ago, this would have been one of your favourite places to go. Nowadays, Crook's Corner is still an interesting place to visit. But I am running ahead of myself. We drive up for a short distance along the Olifants river and then continue north along the Letaba river. We see many animals and have another close encounter with elephants. There are lots of water in the veld which still attests to a good rain season before. We stop at the Letaba rest camp for coffee (we never miss the opportunity…

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Olifants Rest Camp

This was what I planned for my sixtieth birthday. Enjoying one of my favourite views with a glass of wine while time has stopped and I can be sixty forever with the love of my life on my side. And I am now exactly doing this, with the exception that I am sixty-one. We leave Pretoriuskop early and head for Skukuza and then on to Tshokwane picnic site. It has been renovated recently and sports a shop and outdoor restaurant serving light meals. One can sit under a big thatch roof or on benches next to the river. Again, be…

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Pretoriuskop rest camp

The elephant is coming for us! Go, Chris, go! We do not have to depart too early from my son's home because it is not that far to the Pretoriuskop rest camp in the Kruger Park. On the other hand, you have to enter the park before the gates close at sunset. As we drive along the N12 highway, we notice the heavy smog as far as the eye can see. The Highveld east of Johannesburg is very industrialised and is also the source of most of South Africa's electricity with all its power stations next to the coal fields.…

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