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Steve Biko tronksel

Steve Biko is een van Suid Afrika se bekendste anti-apartheid aktiviste en is op 11 September 1977 oorlede nadat hy deur die polisie mishandel en aangerand is.  Biko is naby Port Elizabeth gearresteer en in die Walmer Polisiestasie aangehou voor hy ondervra en aangerand is.  Hy is agter in 'n voertuig gegooi en vervoer Pretoria toe waar hy oorlede is.  Ek het onlangs die geleentheid gekry om die polisiesel te besoek waar hy in Walmer aangehou is en dink alhoewel dit…

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31/10/2012
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Tsitsikamma Village Inn

If somebody had to ask me right now what my absolute favorite hotels are the first one on my list would be the three star Tsitsikamma Village Inn in Storms River Village.  "Why?" I hear you ask.  I absolutely love the hotel not just for one specific reason but because of the sum of a number of reasons.  The hotel is situated in the heart of the beautiful Tsitsikamma, its a stone's throw from the indigenous Tsitsikamma forest with the stunning…

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25/10/2012
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Donkin Reservaat na donker

Die Donkin Reservaat in Port Elizabeth het 'n mengsel van beide oud en modern.  Die oud is die Donkin gedenkteken in die vorm van 'n piramide (1820) en die Donkin Vuurtoring (1861) terwyl die moderne aspek die nuwe kuns is wat deel vorm van Roete 67. 

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24/10/2012
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Slow shutter waterfall

I don't often play around with the settings on my camera, but I couldn't help slowing down the shutter speed just a little bit for this pic of one of the streams flowing through the Tsitsikamma forest.

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20/10/2012
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Lilies and cottages

Lilies growing along Oak Lane in Storms River Village in the Tsitsikamma with some of the old forestry houses (now under the control of SA National Parks) in the background.  Beyond the houses is the Tsitsikamma forest and in particular the Plaatbos section.

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17/10/2012
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Pumba elephant

After a quick visit we were driving out of Pumba Game Reserve and passing Water Lodge when we found an elephant approaching across a field towards us.  Unfortunately for me the sun was behind him so I couldn't really get a great picture, but that doesn't matter.  He came lumbering along, looked at as pass him and then proceeded down the track towards the lodge.  Probably for breakfast.Looking back at him moseying along towards the lodge  as we were driving away

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16/10/2012
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Perdemonument

Port Elizabeth is die tuiste van een van net twee monumente in die wêreld wat spesifiek opgesit is vir perde.  Derduisende perde is na die Kaapkolonie gebring vir die Britse troepe wat in die Anglo Boereoorlog tussen 1899 en 1902 teen die Boeremagte geveg het.  Die meeste van hierdie perde is deur Algoabaai ingebring en geskiedenis wys dat meer as 300,000 perde van siektes, uitputting en hongerte gesterf asook doodgeskiet is. Daar was reeds in 1901 'n besluit geneem om 'n monument vir die perde op te rig…

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16/10/2012
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Forest stream cascade

Beach or Bush? Bush or Beach? That always seem to be the choice when people do these mini surveys on where folk would like to go for their holidays.  I can think of one or two others to add but one that springs to mind immediately is Forest.  What's wrong with a forest holiday? The breeze rustling in the leaves, the birds in the trees, the smell of the damp forest floor, the isolation of a forest trail, greenery all around,…

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15/10/2012
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Pink ferns in the forest

If I could go for a walk in an indigenous forest every day I would.  I love the beauty and peacefulness of it and don't think I'll ever be able to get enough for it.  One of the thing that I always find very interesting are the young fern leaves that's coloured pink, something I saw quite a lot of in the Tsitsikamma last week.  I asked somebody in the area once why the young leaves are pink before turning green and…

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10/10/2012