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Day 51: Sandboarding Sunday’s River
Exhausting but lots of fun. / Ist zwar anstrengend, macht aber auch sehr viel Spaß.
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Day 50: Rural living
The Eastern Cape has not only fertile land but also a very changing landscape, from the Tsitsikamma Rainforest at the western part to the semi-desert Karoo in the back land. But in every part agriculture and farming are an essential part of the economy. Grahamstown for example is the centre of pineapple production. West of…
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Day 49: Blown away
Waves fighting against the wind. / Wellen kämpfen gegen den Wind. (Port Elizabeth)
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Day 48: Keiskamma, Hamburg and Kenton-on-Sea
Keiskamma River Hamburg Imagine German settlers moving to South Africa, how would they call a city they found at a river bank near the sea? Hamburg! Wie würden wohl deutsche Siedler eine von ihnen gegründete Stadt nennen, die am Ufer eines Flusses und in der Nähe der Küste liegt? Hamburg Kenton-on-Sea…
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Day 47: Between East London and the southern part of the Wild Coast
East London Nahoon River Mouth Gonubie Kei River Mouth
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Day 46: Through the former Ciskei
Our route today led us through an area that was formerly known as Ciskei. In enforcing its segregation policy the Apartheid regime created so called self governed and officially independent homelands or Bantustans for the rural African population. Ruled by chiefs those “republics” were never internationally accepted and never completely seperated from the South African…
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Day 45: Sunrise over the Indian Ocean
This morning I woke up quite early to a stunning sunrise, the colors changing nearly every minute. So instead of dropping back to sleep I took out my camera. — Heute morgen bin ich ziemlich früh wach geworden zu einem unglaublich schönen Sonnenaufgang über dem Indischen Ozean. Und statt mich wieder schlafen zu legen, habe…
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Day 44: Travel plans again
Since I had to cancel my plan for today (sandboarding) I only post a short entry about my next travel plans. On Thursday I will drive to East London where I will be staying for two nights giving me time to explore the southern part of the Wild Coast. On Saturday I will drive back…
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Day 43: Port Elizabeth seen from the sea
Port of Port Elizabeth Humewood and Summerstrand City Centre Speed boat race at Bluewater Bay Industry
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Jessica Holzhausen - Writer & Artist 