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Forum: Africa & the Middle East

Jun 30th, 2022, 08:42 PM

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Gaborone to Victoria Falls in the footsteps of Major Stabb Part 1

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Footsteps of Major Stabb Part 4: Shoshong to Old Tati

By 4 July 1875 Glascott and the wagon had arrived in Shoshong and the oxen had been rested for a few days. The good folk of Shoshong had been very hospitable (and remain so to this day) but it was...

Forum: Africa & the Middle East

Jun 9th, 2022, 08:12 PM

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Gaborone to Victoria Falls in the footsteps of Major Stabb Part 1

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Footsteps of Major Stabb Part 2: A taste of the Sandveld

Part One ended when the Stabb Party and their ox cart reached the Notwane River, the boundary between the Transvaal and the territory that would eventually become Botswana. Victoria Falls was still...

Forum: Africa & the Middle East

May 25th, 2022, 08:47 AM

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Gaborone to Victoria Falls in the footsteps of Major Stabb Part 1

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In the Footsteps of Major Stabb Part 3: Shoshong

Henry Stabb and James Fairbairn reached Shoshong on the 18th of June 1875.

The town which is the capital of the Bamangwato country and in which we now find ourselves is called in the map Shoshong...

Forum: Africa & the Middle East

May 20th, 2022, 08:18 PM

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Gaborone to Victoria Falls in the footsteps of Major Stabb Part 1

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Thanks Fra, I'm afraid there probably won't be...

Thanks Fra,
I'm afraid there probably won't be any more. Part II was referred to the moderator several weeks ago and I don't know what has become of it. Graeme

Forum: Africa & the Middle East

May 5th, 2022, 12:33 AM

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Gaborone to Victoria Falls in the footsteps of Major Stabb Part 1

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Gaborone to Victoria Falls in the footsteps of Major Stabb Part 1

This is a trip report with a difference.

To visit Victoria Falls today requires little more than a passport and a credit card. There are international airports in Livingstone (Zambia), Victoria...

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