Tag: South Africa
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Day 24: From Swellendam to Cape Town
Best buddy Sleeping and living in the bunk bed in our appartment. / Der Bewohner des Hochbetts in unserem Ferienappartment in Swellendam. Hilltop Country Retreat One of the loveliest appartments I have ever slept in. / Eines der schönsten Ferienappartments… Goodbye Lucky One of our landlady’s dogs: an expert in begging for breakfast and some…
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Day 23: From Knysna to Swellendam
Knysna Hillview Knysna – The heads Entry to the lagoon / Tor zur Lagune Bontebok National Park The Bontebok National Park is South Africa’s smallest national park, founded in 1960 to preserve the Bontebok of which during that time only 17 animals had survived, a species threatened to be extinguished entirely. But the Bontebok National…
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Day 22: From Port Elizabeth to Knysna
Stormy River Mouth Lounging in the sun Forest and Flowers Suspension Bridge at Stormy River Mouth And flowers at the coast Nature’s Valley
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Day 21: Red Location Museum
Even though it has been a few days since I visited the Red Location Museum in Port Elizabeth I do only today find the time to write about it. Situated in the centre of the New Brighton Township the museum documents the time of Apartheid at the Eastern Cape. Sadly due to redesign of…
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Day 20: Travel plans
On Monday I will start on a nine days trip from Port Elizabeth along the coast to Cape Town and from there via Stellenbosch and through the Karoo back to Port Elizabeth. This is the route: — Am Montag geht es neun Tage auf Rundreise von Port Elizabeth immer die Küste entlang bis Kapstadt und…
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Day 18: Mandela Day (Deutsche Version)
Heute ist Nelson Mandelas Geburtstag, in Südafrika heißt das Mandela Tag, oder nach seinem Xhosa Ehrennamen: Madiba Tag. Und obwohl die Medien ebenso wie das Präsidentenamt in den vergangenen Tagen vergleichsweise ruhig waren mit Meldungen über Mandelas Gesundheitszustand, gab es pünktlich zu seinem 95. Geburtstag eine gute Nachricht: Nelson Mandelas Gesundheitszustand verbessere sich kontinuierlich. …
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Day 18: Mandela Day
Today is the birthday of Nelson Mandela, Mandela Day, or according to his tribal honorary title: Madiba Day. And even though the media as well as the South African presidency were relatively quite about Mandela’s health condition the last days, punctually to his 95th birthday today they released the good news: Nelson Mandela’s health is…
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Day 17: The other side of Africa
Without much words: Townships at the Eastern Cape, South Africa —- Ohne große Erklärung: Fotos von Townships am Eastern Cape, South Africa
Jessica Holzhausen - Writer & Artist 