Again, I read on the news that another person has been murdered, a tyre bound to his feet and thrown into the Port Elizabeth harbour...
This is the second athlete tht has been attacked, I'm sure you all know about the cyclest who nearly had his legs chopped off..
All the years, and there be a huge wack of them behind me, I've often camped along the way just spot a hidden spot, dive in and settle down... Truck stops / gararges / anywhere, even down little farm road tracks...... been doing it , even back to my motorcycling days.
Touring adventures was a breeze... Only booked in at a resort here and there.... washed in rivers and the sea.... Free, unfettered, come / go / do as I please with no time agenda...
The concentration camp tour, the sightseeing tour through the Eastern TVL, My vespa scooter trip right around the country, countless weekend trips to Durbs where I slept on the beach & stored my junk in the lockers at the railway station, Hiking the berg solo..
These are just some of the adventures that come to mind, Going solo made it even more exciting... They where wonderful adventures, the embodiment of camping......
But now?................. Now I'm not so shure..... I don't think that I would actually be comfortable doing that anymore..... And it's so bloody sad.
I've been planning just such a trip that I've called "Dorpie kruip" I want ot go to the N/cape Middle OFS, to all the teeny tiny dorpies that are not on the map, and visit them.... live the flavor of the place, get the history....
Plan to use my plat-kar & my little fiberglass trailer, and just donner a cheap tent ontop of the trailer.....
But now? What's the point? 99 % of those places won't have secure camp grounds.....
Is it an end to true camping? How could I still do something like that?
Warren, jou laaste vraag;…
Warren, jou laaste vraag;
Ek glo mens kan nog werklik kamp by plekke soos die Richterveld en so.
Dit is so ver van die beskawing dat mens nie die kriminele daar kry nie, om die waarheid te se mens kry amper nie mense daar nie, daar is dit net jy jou maat en die natuur en doodse stilte.
Ander plekke moet mens maar net soek vir groter karavaan kampe met goeie sekuriteit en dan daagliks uitry na die klein dorpies en verken.
Ek blameer die ding dat mens nie meer orals net kan uitspan en slaap op oorbevolking, wereldwye probleem - hopeloos te veel mense, met hopeloos te min hulpbronne, kos water, werk en so meer, en dit gaan net erger word. Die mense raak net heeltemaal te veel vir die hoeveelheid "resources", kan nie nou aan die regte afrikaanse woord dink nie.
Hi Arrie
Ja, ek gebruik die selfe princiep as ek gaan visvang.... 20Km weg van enigeiemand, en moet 4x4 he om naaby te kom....
Saam my secureitits reelings, voel ek nogal gemalik....
Maar deesdae is dit n ding van n heel ander kleur, gloe nie ons meer so maak......
Deesdae moet ons seker maar…
Deesdae moet ons seker maar saam kamp en laer opslaan?
As ek so baie sekuriteit…
As ek so baie sekuriteit soos Warren moet opstel bly ek by die huis.
Ek onthou nog sy fotos met "trip wires" honde, blikke en al sulke goed, nee ek is hopeloos te lui daarvoor.
Voorie, ja die laer ding kan werk, maar soms wil mens net bietjie weg kom van ander mense af?
Soms moet mens seker maar bietjie kanse vat, as iets gebeur dan moes dit seker. Erger dinge gebeur in die stad tussen duisende mense.
Ek weier om in vrees te lewe in my eie land, help niks om oud te word sonder om die lewe te kon geniet, dan kan jy liewer jonk doodgaan?
so slegte visserman.....
Om securiteit te stel breek maar die verveeligheid van n regte egte slegte visserman....
Voortrekker: - NOU versaan ek.... Not lower..... Laager..... As in "the battle of blood river"
dom sleg ek
Waar de joos gan ons ou kierritjie kry?
So te praate van ou kierritjie
Has anyone ever been there?
The overwhelming aura of battle, still today, envelops the site.....
Go there.... Sit quietly...... You cannot but sense it.....
An amazing experiance....
Misdadigers
Eischhh ja dinge het sleg geword in ons land jy is nerens meer veilig .Ek sien die arme vissermanne hier in Durban word ook geteiken vir hulle sel fone en what have you . Wat ek gevind het as ek erens reis met die karavaan en is nog ver van my bestemming trek ek sommer by n garage in ,praat met die induna gee hom R50 en vra of hy sal uitkyk vir my .Dan slaap ek agter in die karavaan tot dagbreek en ry verder .Werk baie lekker vir my .
Warren, his body was found…
Warren, his body was found in the water at the harbour, with the tyre tied to his foot. However, the police say no foul play is suspected. If that is true, then it means he committed suicide.
He came from France to take part in the Ironman, one cannot understand why he would come take his own life here, the night before the race. He got up, in the middle of the night, left his phone and wallet in the hotel room (together with his wife) and walked straight to the harbour (according to camera footage).
His wife said they were aware that it was dangerous to go out at night. A post mortem must still be done, which will probably show whether he was fighting an attacker.
Daai langs die pad
Langs die pad stop eet en karavan onder boom stop dak lig in wa klim en slaap dit was lekke tyd gewees
NEVER believe what the police say
Morning Freda.... sorry that you got a teeny tiny bit peeved yesterday.....
Anyhow, I don't believe one single word the police say.... Probably said what they said in the interests of the ANC's international reputation, and has got absolutely nothing to do with the truth....
Just like that idiot of a police General that stated farm murder's do not exist, because he has never seen anything on the news and It's a plot to discredit the government...........
Yeah right! There is a news blackout on farm murders....
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Nou is ek net mooi die bliksem hel in............. Gaan vir tannie tea-pot kuir en afkoel
Hi Warren. Colin and I were…
Hi Warren. Colin and I were just talking about this yesterday. Not another word about this guy in our newspapers. If there was evidence that he was attacked and murdered, we are sure the media would have discovered it and reported about it. After all, it was an international sportsman who died here and the whole search and everything else, was reported on daily.
I think he did commit suicide and his family probably do not want any more reports about is. Before they found him, his wife did say that they went out for dinner that evening. They got back to their hotel at 21:00, he went to bed and she went for drinks with a friend. When she returned to the room at 23:00 he sat up in bed and asked where she had been. She did not say that they had an argument, but maybe there was some problem between them. As I mentioned, she also said he was aware that it would be dangerous to go into the streets alone that time of the night, yet he did so.
If we should hear anything more about it, I will tell you here.
Warren, ja ek onthou nog die…
Warren, ja ek onthou nog die dae toe ons orals kon oornag, baie keer sommer by daai tafeltjies en bankies wat orals langs die groot paaie was.
As jy moeg word sommer net met 'n kombers langs die kar geslaap, was nog jonk kon sommer net so op die grond slaap.
Selfs in die buur lande was mens relatief veilig, ons het baie in die ou Rhodesia en Mosambiek ook buite langs die kar onder die sterre geslaap, nooit enige probleem gehad nie.
Jy praat van Durbs se strand, Petra en ek het ook redelik gereeld sommer op 'n Vrydag na werk besluit ons gaan Durbs toe, dan ook maar op die strand geslaap, al wat so naweek ons gekos het was petrol [spot goedkoop in die 70tigs] en so paar take away etes.
Al wat ons vir so naweek saamgevat het was tandeborsel, skoon onderklere en swemklere. dit het seker 'n volle 2 min geneem om te pak!