A morning in Tsitsikamma, by Lucas
So proud! Lucas wrote his first blog post at four years old. Hence by exception this post will be in Dutch, but if you scroll down to below the pictures, you will find an English translation. Een ochtend in Tsitsikamma, door Lucas Ik werd wakker van een hoop lawaai en toen was er een hele troep bavianen buiten. Eén van die bavianen ging een speeltje van een kindje pakken en proberen het op te eten. Eén had een zak brood opgegeten. Ze hadden een pak melk gepikt en ook een zak chips. Eén baviaan ging bij een huisje tegenover ons naar binnen door een keukenraam om daar lekkere dingen te...
Read MoreGetting kissed by Betsy
Hot weather messes with the ability of your mind to make smart decisions and after a week in Oudtshoorn, where daily temperatures exceed 35 deg celsius, we have the proof that this statement is true. When we took off on this trip I would not have imagined that I would be kissing other women, but that was before I had met Betsy. It was love at first sight and when I got asked if she could kiss me, I could not resist. Oudtshoorn is the ostrich capital of the world. Back in the late 1800’s all important people in the world wanted to get dressed in ostrich feathers and the town of...
Read MoreThe Top 10 Things To Do In Montagu
This evening is our last evening in Montagu. Most people who come to visit Montagu only stay for one or two nights and only get a glimpse of life here in the Little Karoo. That is really a shame as this place has plenty of reasons to stay a little bit longer. We stayed here for two weeks and we loved every minute of it. We met wonderful local people and realized that many of them used to live in places like Cape Town, but have moved to Montagu to escape the hustle and bustle of big cities and live a much more relaxed life here. They now run galleries, a B&B or a farm here. After our two...
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The Milky Way is back
Last night I was reading an article about a South African photographer, Ian van Straaten. He lives here in the Karoo and he has made it his mission to show the world the Milky Way. According to this interview about 80% of the world population will never see the Milky Way in their life, due to light pollution from cities. Ian has made it his mission to show the world the Milky Way and he gets up every night, drives around the Karoo and takes pictures of the sky filled with stars. As I looked outside from our patio, I could see a pitch dark sky with millions of stars and indeed I could see the...
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