… Safari … November 14, 2008

I was in holiday (yeah, again …) and I spend few days in Kruger Park, below are some of the pictures I took there – inspiration for another Safari Range -.

Bye bye “Mama Africa” November 14, 2008

The famous South African singer Miriam Makeba passed away during Sunday night, she was 76.

She was one of the legendary African voices and a symbol of the struggle against apartheid. Her famous song Pata Pata - Myriam Makeba (1956) goes around the world.

She was born on 4^th March 1932 in Jo’burg. She began sing in the 50’s with the “Manhattan brother”. She came back to South Africa in 1990 with the Madiba’s liberation after years in exile in Guinea, United States and France.

Rest in peace Mama Africa.

Mozambique holiday September 29, 2008

I haven’t posted for a long time but I have a good excuse : I was on holiday in Mozambique with 2 friends.

I travel to Johannesburg by plane, then I took different buses to Maputo, then to Tofo and Vilankulo.

After on week, Mozambique means to me beautiful beaches and really nice people.

In terms of craft, Mozambican markets offer a wide range of products : paints, jewels in seashell, wood sculptures, colorfull clothes… Even on the beach, a lot of artists come to offer you their creations. In Maputo, the capital city, you cold find a lot of art museums, especially the National Art Museum for contemporary creations.

Trip to Kgalagadi Transfrontalier Park August 22, 2008

Wonderful landscape

This week-end, I went with 4 friends to Kgalagdi. This park is just in the border between South Africa, Bostwana and Namibia, just close to Kalahari desert !

After 12hours-road from Cape Town through Cederberg, Karoo Desert, Upington, … we were rewarded by a wonderful landscape, a beautiful sky (with moon eclipse on Friday night) and a lot of wild animals !

We had even a chance to see the 3 of the Big 5 you can see in this park : two leopards, two cheetas eating a springbok and four lions !

Cheetahs playing

Leopard

Giraffes looking at our car !

One of the sevaeral sky facets

A secretary

On the road trough Karoo

It was my first safari but I hope not the last one ! In a following post, I will show you the new safari range at Streetwires.

Go onto Table Mountain July 21, 2008

This impressive and distinctive mountain which towers above Cape Town is the city’s symbol. Just look at the city logo: it’s a profile view of Devil’s peak, Table Mountain and Lion’s head.

Table Mountain is 1069m high. We took a route from Camps Bay to the summit. The beginning was hard but the points of view worth a lot of efforts! When you finally reach the top plateau of this mountain, you can overlook the entire city and the bay. On the way, you can even see the Cape peninsula until Cape Point! The weather was wonderful except some low clouds over Camps Bay and the Ocean; it looked like a cloud sea!

 

More than words, I let you look at the pictures:

Here is a big lizard which was very curious and not so wild. We saw a lot of birds too. We could also look at a various flora even if lot of vegetables haven’t flowered yet.The final overview :

In Streetwires shop, you can find several wire and beads “Table Mountain” like this keyring:

 

 

 

 

Cape Town July 16, 2008

I have lived here just for three weeks but I already like this city.

Cape Townis a cosmopolite city! In the street, you can meet so much different people; it’s the mirror of the “Rainbow Nation”. Never forget that South Africa is a multiracial country where everyone is very welcoming, thoughtful and hearty.

Here are some of my photos in Cape Town :

Boo-Kaap (area near from Streetwires shop) and Lion’s head

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

The impressive presence of Table Mountain everyhere in the city

General information about SA July 15, 2008

What can we say about this wonderful country? 

First, a map:

Second, basic data:

Population	47,9m
Political structure	Constitutional democracy (President : Thabo Mbeki)
Motto	!ke e: ǀxarra ǁke  (“Unity in diversity”)
Capitals	Pretoria (executive)
	Bloemfontein (judicial)
	Cape Town (legislative)
Official languages	Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Xhosa, IsiZulu, Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana, SiSwati, Tshivenda, Xitsonga
Area	1 221 037 km²
HDI	0.674
Currency	South African Rand (ZAR)
GDP (market exchange rate)	US$ bn 282.9
GDP per head (market exchange rate)	US$ 5 943

Third, I expect you could discover several aspects of South Africa through my blog. And remember, it’s a colorful country!