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Z is for Zephyr, Zibi and Zip-lining

Wednesday, 11 January 2012

Can I complete the whole of Round 9 of ABC Wednesday based on our four week stay in South Africa in February? Click on the photos to enlarge. Phew! I managed to make it through the alphabet from South Africa and with quite a few examples for the letter Z. First up is this Zephyr in bronze and chrome that you can find on the waterfront at Knysna. It is the work of South African artist Stephan Raubenheimer and weighs 62kg when off its Jarrah-wood base. It was created in [...]

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Y is for Yachts and Yellowwood

Wednesday, 4 January 2012

Can I complete the whole of Round 9 of ABC Wednesday based on our four week stay in South Africa in February? Click on the photos to enlarge. Yachts are always helpful to illustrate the letter Y, as any author of ABC books for children will tell you. I took this photo of yachts at Knysna Quays Waterfront during a stop off on our Garden Route trip along the south coast of Africa.

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X is for Xhosa

Wednesday, 28 December 2011

Can I complete the whole of Round 9 of ABC Wednesday based on our four week stay in South Africa in February? Click on the photos to enlarge. There was a black stand-up comedian in Cape Town who told a joke that went something like this: ‘A lot of my white friends ask me if I speak Zulu when I’m at home. You know why they ask that? ‘Because they can’t f*****g well say Xhosa!’ The joke only works if you understand that Xhosa is the major language spoken by [...]

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W is for Wheels, Water and a Wedding

Wednesday, 21 December 2011

Can I complete the whole of Round 9 of ABC Wednesday based on our four week stay in South Africa in February? Click on the photos to enlarge. I have two wheels to show you for the letter W, although the first is a bit of a cheat because we saw it in Holland en route to Cape Town. We flew with KLM and our connecting flight at Amsterdam Airport was delayed, so we had a wander outside which is where we came across the Wheel of Energy on the [...]

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V is for Victoria, Vineyards and Vuvuzela

Wednesday, 14 December 2011

Can I complete the whole of Round 9 of ABC Wednesday based on our four week stay in South Africa in February? Click on the photos to enlarge. My first V from Cape Town is the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, a very colourful place as you can see from the ladies who had been singing with their choir. And it is Victoria and Alfred,  not Victoria and Albert. Construction on the harbour was begun by Prince Alfred in 1860, the first basin being named after him and the second after [...]

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U is for Umuzi Photo Club

Wednesday, 7 December 2011

Can I complete the whole of Round 9 of ABC Wednesday based on our four week stay in South Africa in February? Click on the photos to enlarge. I want to use the letter U of ABC Wednesday to promote the Umuzi Photo Club, a project that my daughter became involved with during her stay in Cape Town.

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T is for Table Mountain

Wednesday, 30 November 2011

Can I complete the whole of Round 9 of ABC Wednesday based on our four week stay in South Africa in February? Click on the photos to enlarge. It is said that it is easy to get your bearings in Cape Town simply by using the ever present Table Mountain as your guide. A good theory that I never quite got the hang of while driving around and about the city, something I put down to the sun being in the ‘wrong’ place – ie in the north and crossing [...]

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S is for Schotia Safari

Wednesday, 23 November 2011

Can I complete the whole of Round 9 of ABC Wednesday based on our four week stay in South Africa in February? Click on the photos to enlarge. Schotia is the oldest private game reserve in the Eastern Cape with over 2,000 animals and 40 different species and we joined other tourists there for a mini-safari during our South African roadtrip. We were sitting over six feet up in the open top of the long-wheelbase Landrover as we headed into the reserve over deeply rutted tracks.

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R is for Rhodes

Wednesday, 16 November 2011

Can I complete the whole of Round 9 of ABC Wednesday based on our four week stay in South Africa in February? Click on the photos to enlarge. When I began my South Africa theme for this round of ABC Wednesday, I always intended that my letter R would be Cecil Rhodes because he was such a colossal figure in the history of the continent – and not just because I share the same surname!

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