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HOARDING ICE IN A DESERT

There was not a bag of ice to be found in the whole of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. At least, there would be no ice north of Twee Rivieren, and we were heading north. The news was delivered by check-in staff when my family arrived at the park on a hot October afternoon. The ‘ice truck’ was broken and no one was certain if it could be fixed or when it would deliver

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