Perth : Johannesburg :
Pretoria : Pietersburg :
Pilgrim's Rest : Ladysmith :
Champagne Castle : Estcourt :
Durban : Ixopo |
A busy day ahead with four scheduled meetings - including a meeting with Gerald Klinghardt of the Iziko South African Museum, Paul Mills of Clarkes Books, Marla da Mark of DO Film Productions and Cecil le Fleur, the Chairman of the Griqua National Conference.
It was a beautiful, but cloudy, spring day which started early with a 7am trip to the famous and scenic Chapman's Peak.
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Camp's Bay |
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The beautiful scenery |
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Views from Chapman's Peak |
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On the way back to Cape Town |
From there it was back to the Park Inn Hotel and after
taking a few photos of the now bustling Greenmarket Square below I again
went through the famous old gardens, site of the Dutch East India Company's
first fruit and vegetable gardens before meeting with Gerald Klinghardt,
the Curator of Anthropology at the S A Museum and author of the research
based articles
"Death
in Pella: Morturary Rituals in a Namaqualand Reserve" and
"Structure
and Process in the local government of Pella".
Image right: Meeting with Cecil le Fleur in Cape Town
I presented Gerald with a copy of "Children of the Mist" and he gave me a few of his publications that he had produced on the early history of the Khoi Khoi.
From there I drove to Constantia to meet Paul Mills and then back to DO Productions at the Waterfront before visiting the Castle - just after it closed at 4pm! My final meeting was at 6pm with Cecil le Fleur (see image right). We discussed the Ratelgat Project and its participation in my global online village homestay project.
Cecil joined me for a drink at the Park Inn and we had a useful and informative discussion about the current state of Griqua politics.
Cecil is Alan le Fleur's uncle and his great grandfather was Adam Muis Kok who was one of the Griquas who was a key player in the "revolt" of 1878.
The Ratelgat Project, he told me, is going extremely well and they now have regular tour groups coming up to visit the unique Griqua Village north of Cape Town.
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Greenmarket Square |
Some of the beautiful |
old buildings |
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The old High Court |
S A Museum |
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Cecil Rhodes in gardens |
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Squirrel in gardens |
Presenting Gerald Klinghardt |
The Castle |
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Inside the Castle |
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The torture chambers where Adam |
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The new S African elite meet |
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Buildings near the Castle |
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The Parliament in Cape Town |
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Before and after dinner! |
