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A s I departed from Katse Lodge in Bokong in Lesotho on my way to Durban in South Africa, I decided to visit Katse Dam just a few minutes down the road. The double arch concrete dam \u2014 once the largest dam in Africa prior to 2009 and is currently the second largest at 185 meters tall, which is just shy of 607 feet \u2014 on the Malibamat\u2019so River is what helps to form the beautiful lake to which I woke up earlier that cool sunny morning.<\/p>\n

I drove the car into the virtually empty parking lot near the dam, initially thinking that perhaps it was closed. As I sat in the car in a parking spot looking around while contemplating leaving, I spotted out of the corner of my eye a man walking towards the side of the building. I got out of the car and asked him about seeing the dam.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not open now,\u201d he replied in a thick accent.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just wanted to take a few photographs of the dam,\u201d I replied. The dam can be seen from the road; but power lines were in the way of the view \u2014 and I was hoping to grab a few photographs of the dam without the power lines in them.<\/p>\n

He stood silent for a moment before he motioned me to enter the building with him. \u201cCome \u2014 I will show you around.\u201d<\/p>\n

There were some exhibits and office space which we passed inside of the building by before he opened a door which led out to the back of the building near the dam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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