Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Tp Mocam-Zimb-S Afr
Date: Apr 05, 2001 @ 01:56
Author: michael donner (michael donner <m@...>)
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jesper
my earlier response to this seems to have gone astray
but i just want to repeat how glad i am to hear this news
as it promises to be our first real tricountry action in africa

also i hope we can pin down the crooks corner point by then
or you just may have to go all the way up there too

m


>
>I am planning a GSABE ("Great" Southern African Border Expedition" this
>X-mas with my wife, covering RSA, Mozambique, Swaziland and Lesotho.
>Crooks Corner may be a bid far, but I will see if it's poss to try out the
>Swaziland tps.
>
>Jesper
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "michael donner" <m@...>
>To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
>Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 7:13 PM
>Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Tp Mocam-Zimb-S Afr
>
>
>> nice going jesper
>>
>> it looks like we will get there now with sheer intent
>>
>> m
>>
>>
>> >
>> >He is an account of a safari firm :"
>> >
>> >Although we have been to Crooks Corner many times I regret to say that we
>> >do not have a picture. The closest one can get to the spot where the three
>> >borders meet is a view point in the north eastern corner of Kruger
>> >National Park and all that is visible is a section of the Luvuvhu River.
>> >Next time we are there I will take a picture and e-mail it to you. Better
>> >still, why not come and take the picture yourself!? "
>> >
>> >Jesper
>> >----- Original Message -----
>> >From: "michael donner" <m@...>
>> >To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
>> >Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 1:27 AM
>> >Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Tp Mocam-Zimb-S Afr
>> >
>> >
>> >> ok
>> >> we must be closing in on this one now
>> >>
>> >> as of message 1062 we were still under the impression that it was
>>unmarked
>> >> or even under water
>> >>
>> >> but now it seems there may well be a tripoint monument
>> >> or you may at least be picking up on a witness monument
>> >>
>> >> <<http://www.parks-sa.co.za/knp/lebombotrail.htm>
>>http://www.parks-sa.co.za/knp/lebombotrail.htm>
>> >><http://www.parks-sa.co.za/knp/lebombotrail.htm>
>>http://www.parks-sa.co.za/knp/lebombotrail.htm shows pix of the area &
>> >> reports there is also a weekly caravan we can join in south africa that
>> >> will lead us to the tripoint
>> >>
>> >> & i see there is a french site now too
>> >> also offering a guided tour from south africa
>> >>
>> >> <<http://www.safariplanners.com/Game%20Reserves/ghonarezou.htm>
>>http://www.safariplanners.com/Game%20Reserves/ghonarezou.htm>
>> >><http://www.safariplanners.com/Game%20Reserves/ghonarezou.htm>
>>http://www.safariplanners.com/Game%20Reserves/ghonarezou.htm
>> >> from the zimbabwe side
>> >> was our previous best try
>> >> but i think you are right to switch now to the south african side
>> >>
>> >> m
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> also cant tell for sure yet whether your link in message 1972 refers
>>to the
>> >> more southerly or northerly of the swaziland tripoints
>> >> nor exactly where in the pix the point might be
>> >>
>> >> but
>> >> again cribbing from message 1062
>> >> which suggests the northern twin is dry & the southern one wet
>> >> i would guess that what you have here is the northern one
>> >> & that it will be found on the ridge behind the village
>> >>
>> >> in any case the report seems authentic enough
>> >> despite the rather stark changes of scenery
>> >> so i do think congrats are probably or very nearly in order
>> >>
>> >> m
>> >>
>> >> > Aka Crooks Corner No picture I am afraid, but according to a new
>> >> >book I bougt on the Kruger Park there is a monument. The book also
>> >> >states that in the old days elephant hunting was popular at the point.
>> >> >Did the authorities come after you? Well just run across the border -
>> >> >pick one yourself.
>> >><<http://wcw.emory.edu/worldclasses/safrica/pafuri.html>
>>http://wcw.emory.edu/worldclasses/safrica/pafuri.html>
>> >><http://wcw.emory.edu/worldclasses/safrica/pafuri.html>
>>http://wcw.emory.edu/worldclasses/safrica/pafuri.html
>> >> > Jesper
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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