Trail Log 1995-1997 - Lamar at Colorado State University

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July 6. Thursday, continued.
Met at airport by Johan Hattingh, Department of Philosophy, University of Stellenbosch, our host
in South Africa.
Spent night at Holiday Inn Garden Court, Pretoria. Dinner at the Inn.
July 7. Friday.
Lecture at UNISA, the university name shortened from UNIversity of South Africa. This is largely
an immense correspondence course university, but there is a big building all of offices, rather
attractively situated in suburban Pretoria. Host here: Pieter Coetzee (pronounced koot see uh),
Philosophy, a member of the International Society for Environmental Ethics, also Jennifer
Wilkinson, Philosophy, also a member of ISEE. Gave talk, "Feeding People versus Saving
Nature?" Lunch at UNISA.
In the afternoon, met with Karin Ireton, Assistant Director, Industrial Environmental Forum of
Southern Africa, P. O. Box 1091, Johannesburg 2000, South Africa. Phone 27-21 800-2687. Fax
27-21 800-4360. They try to serve as a forum to air views. She was in a bush camp earlier with
Johan. Her office is in the Eskom Building (the electric power company of South Africa).
Later in afternoon, we visited some shopping centers, and I bought a new shaver.
In the evening, dinner with Johan's sister and her family. He is a consulting geologist, especially
when people want to build on this or that piece of ground. Irene and Kallie Strydom, Marais Str.
314,, Brooklyn, Pretoria 001
Saturday, July 8. We drove n.w. through the Transvaal toward Kruger National Park, to spend the
night at the Inn at Robbers Pass.
Before leaving, we walked to town briefly, then left about 10:00 a.m.
Grey lourie (go-away bird) in tree at the filling station.
Drove n.w. to stop for picnic lunch at Dullstrom, small town, in a campground, outside a shelter,
overlooking a lake. Somewhat windy.
Continuing, reached "The Inn at Robber's Pass." Delightful place to stay; we were in the renovated
stables. There were two stagecoach robberies of gold here once.
swallow-tailed drango
kiepersol tree, Cabbage tree, Cussonia paniculata
blackeyed bulbul
jackal buzzard, perched in tree
Universities in South Africa:
1. University of Cape Town
2. University of Stellenbosch
3. University of Western Cape