There's Nothing Quite Like a Huge Gasoline Fire

I couldn't post about how great the South African countryside is without mentioning the huge controlled burns that take place across the east and center of the country. Their smoke make for great sunsets. But it's also quite odd to see groups of men, sometimes in protective gear, sometimes in short pants, shooting flames of burning gasoline into the savannah. We even ran into them in the national parks. They have their own type of beauty, and apparently the reason for them is a wildfire a few years back that damaged a large portion of South Africa's "green" gold -- pine forests.

If you visit in the winter (the dry season for most of South Africa) you'll get to see and smell for yourself.