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Springflowers around the Cederberg Mountains

The ‘Ramskop Wild Flower Garden’ in Clanwilliam and the Biedouw Valley on the way to Wupperthal around the Cederberg Wilderness Area shows also the brightes colours, dressed in Springflowers like Bittergousblom (Arctotis fastuosa), Gousblom (Gazania krebsiana), Rankvygie (Jordaaniella cuprea), Skaabos … Weiterlesen

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Rooibos Tea, Clanwilliam

Rooibos, meaning ‘red bush’ (Aspalathus linearis) belongs to the fynbos family and is indigenous to South Africa. It has adapted well to the harsh conditions of the Cederberg region and is cultivated in a radius of 150 km around Clanwilliam. … Weiterlesen

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Swartberg Pass, Oudtshoorn to Prince Albert

On the way from Oudtshoorn to Prince Albert past many ostriches on the fields. Don’t miss the famos Cango Caves! Where the tar road ends – this is where the fun beginns! Upwards to the Swartberg Pass Viewing the amazing … Weiterlesen

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Sand dunes at De Hoop Nature Reserve

The De Hoop Nature Reserve consist of two parts, one is the land which hosts Zebras, several types of Boks (Springbok and the rare Buntebok) and Ostriches, the other part is the adjoining Marine reserve. Driving the dust road towards … Weiterlesen

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Whale Watching

Today, we all went for a whale watching trip on a large boat in Hermanus. What an experience on a wonderfully sunny winter morning! The previous days, whales had been spotted at the east coast of Whalers Bay, but of … Weiterlesen

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Hiking Simonsberg

With my colleague and his girlfriend, we today hiked the highest mountain in the vircinity of Stellenbosch: it was the perfect hike for a Sunday. Starting with crispy clear air and bright sun at Tokara Deli, we hiked for about … Weiterlesen

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Booting ARM

Just listened to a great talk by one of the Debian grandes Martin Michlmayr on Booting on ARM. Amazing what kind of work needed to be done to support the many armel devices. He also presented the bunch of work … Weiterlesen

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DebConf2016 in Cape Town

Today DebConf started in Cape Town and already listened to a very good talk of JD Bothan on “FLOSSing for healthier society“, a geeky title for a serious and gravely needed technologies to educate the masses about important data. His … Weiterlesen

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Kap der Guten Hoffnung

Cape of Good Hope is the most south-western point of the African continent — but not the most southern, which is Cape Agulhas. It’s best known for the tourist pictures of the signs with the GPS coordinates on it 🙂 … Weiterlesen

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Wine and more

There’s so many wine-estates worth mentioning, I’ll try to name just a that few visited so far and add to the list later on: Tokara Wine-Estate is beautifully located at the road from Stellenbosch to Frenschhoek, one has a wonderful … Weiterlesen

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Into the SUN

Stellenbosch University is often abbreviated SUN; so e.g. including the FQDN and email addresse add nicely up to rainerkeller _at_ sun.ac.za [1]. SUN is the proper abbreviation alright, when walking along campus as the Sun was reaching up over the … Weiterlesen

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Stellenbosch Library

For virtually every building, every floor and every room, one has to have one’s SUN-card (Stellenbosch University), which has the credentials and details of the owner on it (plus a photo). Thanks to Pieter who was of great help finding … Weiterlesen

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Stellenbosch arrival

Stellenbosch is a really beautiful town — and I’ve only seen a few streets and buildings so far. From the west of the city’s center Andringa Street and it’s Pubs & Restaurants, it is only a few blocks down to … Weiterlesen

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