Image:http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/limpopo-marulaneng-hoedspruit-gallery.html Wat is a Tufa waterfall? and where can I find one in South Africa? and how can I get there…this post and this link here, give you all the answers! enjoy! http://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/19/what-is-a-tufa-waterfall/ The Link will open in a new window. I hope you enjoy this “movie” about South Africa. The images are from the Eastern part [...]
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Somewhere my love
Posted in Fotografie, Growing waterfalls, Laeveld, Lowveld, Mpumalanga, Oos-Transvaal, Pelgrimsrus, photography, Pilgrims Rest, Ray Conniff singers, Somewhere my love, South Africa, Sudwala caves, Suid-Afrika, Swadini, toerisme, tourism, travel, Tufa waterfall, waterfalls, tagged Blyde River, Blyde River Canyon, Blyderivier, boat trip on Blyde River, Bourke's Luck, Canyons, caves, Geography, Geography South Africa, Growing waterfalls, holiday, Laeveld, Lowveld, movies, Mpumalanga, nature, Natuur, Oos-Transvaal, Pelgrimsrus, photography, Pilgrims Rest, plantations, Potholes, Ray Conniff singers, Somewhere my love lyrics, South Africa, Sudwala caves, Sudwala grotte, Suid-Afrika, Swadini, tavel, toerisme, tourism, Tufa waterfall, vakansie, videos, waterfalls, Waterfalls that don't wear away, What is a Tufa Waterfall?, Where in South Africa can I get a Tufa waterfall on 12/04/2008 | 9 Comments »
Pilgrim’s Rest
Posted in Gold Rush, History, Mpumalanga, Pilgrims Rest, Royal Hotel, tagged Gold Rush, Historical town, History, holiday, Mpumalanga, Pilgrims Rest, Royal Hotel, South Africa on 02/02/2008 | 9 Comments »
I’ve posted before about before about Pilgrims Rest and don’t want to bore you again with the history of the town. In short – for those “lazy” readers… – oh yes, HERE is a link! – this is a historical town in the Eastern part of the country… Mpumalanga. Mpumalanga means… place where the sun rises..so, [...]
Swadini..more
Posted in Blyde River Canyon, holiday, Mpumalanga, nature, South Africa, spiders, Swadini, tagged Blyde River, Blyde River Canyon, Canyons, Mpumalanga, nature, South Africa, spiders, Swadini on 18/09/2007 | 2 Comments »
I think this pic is really great…the thorns….I like the focus here…just what I wanted…. And of course….the leaves and the colours were the focus here…I love Autumn, for all the changes during Autumn… If any South African can leave me the name of this plant…I would appreciate it…I don’t know what it is called, [...]
Blyde River/Swadini
Posted in Blyde River Canyon, holiday, movies, Mpumalanga, River, South Africa, Suid-Afrika, Swadini, Tufa waterfall, tagged Blyde River, Blyde River Canyon, Blyde rivier, Canyons, holiday, Lydenburg, Moholoholo, movies, Mpumalanga, Pilgrims Rest, Sabie, South Africa, Suid-Afrika, Swadini, Tufa, Tufa waterfall on 13/09/2007 | 11 Comments »
During our holiday in August…in South Africa……we were very lucky to find accommodation at a place next to the Swadini Forever Resort (previously Aventura). I grew up in the Eastern Transvaal….now Mpumalanga…which means:”place of the rising sun” (which is the East…of course)We drove through Lydenburg, spent time on the farm where I grew up -Krugerspost, [...]
Holiday in South Africa
Posted in holiday, Impala, Mpumalanga, Naala, Rooibok, South Africa, Suid-Afrika, Swadini, tagged holiday in South Africa, Impala, Mpumalanga, Swadini, vakansie in Suid-Afrika on 28/08/2007 | Leave a Comment »
We were really lucky…we didn’t book at all anywhere and came across a very friendly Andre and his partner and they offered us this lodge, in a resort next to the Swadini Forever Resort. It was a fantastic 3 nights we’ve ever had in SA…. On this picture, you can see Naala, he is a [...]
Bosfontein Primary School
Posted in education, Laerskool Bosfontein, Mpumalanga, primary education, primary schools, South Africa, tagged Laerskool Bosfontein, Mpumalanga, Suid-Afrika on 28/08/2007 | 7 Comments »
This is the school which my grandpa started. The original school is actually about 2 km down on the road (and my mum only told me that afterwards!) What I knew was, that he started the school in his very own house! I will have to go back next time to the original place! It [...]
Boabab tree
Posted in Mpumalanga, nature, South Africa, Swadini, tagged Blyde River, Blyde River Canyon, Boabab Tree, Mpumalanga, nature, South Africa, Swadini, trees on 20/08/2007 | Leave a Comment »
This tree was pictured on the way to the Blyde River boat trip at Swadini. The boabab tree is one of the oldest on the continent. The boabab tree is also on the car number registration plates of the Limpopo Province in South Africa. See the first picture- background of the letters…. Read more here: [...]
Red tailed boa
Posted in Blyde River Canyon, Forever Aventura resorts, holiday, Mpumalanga, nature, Potholes, Red tailed boa, reptiles, snakes, South Africa, Three Rondawels, wild animals, tagged Blyde River, Blyde River Canyon, Bourke's Luck, Potholes, Red tailed boa, snakes, South Africa, Three Rondawels on 20/08/2007 | Leave a Comment »
When arriving at the Blyde River Forever Aventura Resort- to take a break and have a kit-kat! we saw this Red tailed boa and I only wanted to take a picture of the guy holding it…. He then asked if I want to hold it! I’m not scared of snakes….I’m scared of spiders! Spiders are [...]
Upsetting news
Posted in holiday, money, Mosambique, Mpumalanga, news, Pelgrims Rest, Samora Machel, South Africa on 20/08/2007 | Leave a Comment »
Apart from the daily news of people being murdered which you read in all newspapers on the first 5 pages – at least – and most murders never get published, because it is “bad publicity” for SA and for tourists visiting the country…..this article published in a newspaper in Mpumalanga, which we read while on [...]
Still Tuesday
Posted in animals, books, Elephant, floods, holiday, lions, Mpumalanga, news, Pilgrims Rest, reading, South Africa, wild animals, tagged animals, books, lions, Pilgrims Rest, South Africa, The Butterfly Lion, wildlife on 24/07/2007 | 1 Comment »
This part of the country is really beautiful! This is the part where I grew up! On a farm from the age of 5…. Click on the map for a larger image That’s me! Cleaning/tidying…”opruimen” is the Dutch word same as Afrikaans for cleaning…Afrikaans word – “opruim”. Anyone else feeling lazy!? Models in New York [...]
Pelgrims….again!
Posted in bridges, Gold Rush, Historical, Historical town, History, Lydenburg, Mpumalanga, Pelgrims Rest, South Africa on 23/06/2007 | Leave a Comment »
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Pelgrims Rest
Posted in Gold Rush, Historical Towns, History, Mpumalanga, Pilgrims Rest, South Africa, tagged gold rush South Africa, Historical Towns, History, Mpumalanga, Pilgrims Rest, South Africa on 23/06/2007 | Leave a Comment »
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Pilgrims Rest
Posted in Historical Towns, History, Jock of the Bushveld, Lowveld, Mpumalanga, Pilgrims Rest, South Africa, tagged Historical Towns, historical towns in South Africa, History, Jock of the Bushveld, Pilgrims Rest, South Africa on 23/06/2007 | 1 Comment »
This is a beautiful historical town……about 1 hour’s drive from where I grew up in the Eastern part of the country….Mpumalanga…near Graskop/Kruger National Park/Lydenburg. For our honeymoon we were booked in the Royal Hotel, in an Annex…..Follow this link… Pilgrims Rest and read more http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
Blyde River Canyon
Posted in Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga, South Africa, tagged Blyde River, Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga, South Africa on 16/06/2007 | Leave a Comment »
The third largest canyon in the world. Where that guy is sitting…..is where I once sat!! Scary! Image: selfdriveafrica.co.za http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
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A nation that forgets its past has no future - Winston Churchill
Docendo discimus [by teaching we learn]
Gary Player: 'I am a South African, a nation which is the result of an African graft on European stock and which is the product of its instinct and ability to maintain civilized values and standards amongst the aliens'.
In Renaissance Europe chess was part of the education of the nobility and was proclaimed the “Royal Game.” In 1732 Benjamin Franklin wrote an essay, The Morals Of Chess, in which he said “The game of chess is not merely an idle amusement; several very valuable qualties of the mind useful in the course of human life are to be acquired and strengthened by it....”
'Rebranding the Afrikaner: World Cup watershed?' [CNN] A good link: read all of Jabulani74's comments on this link.
The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis. Dante Aligheri
Sow the wind - Reap the hurricane
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Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass... It's about learning how to dance in the rain-Vivian Greene
No one can know or appreciate the Boer who does not know his past, for he is what his past has made him- Conan Doyle - Click HERE to read more by Doyle.Don't click on THIS LINK unless you want to see a photo of Cecil J Rhodes's Officials happy with their 'job' - if you were a leader and against the 'Chartered Company', then this is what happened to you in Rhodesia.
An opinion should be the result of thought, not a substitute for it.
South Africa. Other than Germany probably the most misunderstood White country in the world. A country that has now degenerated into anarchy.Let’s take an unbiased look at their noble history.[click for the link]
He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors. Thomas Jefferson
Any dead thing can go with the stream; it takes something ALIVE to swim against it.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
This LINK is a must read by a University Professor/Journalist and photographer: Anthony LoBaido...read what he says about the "Mandela Myth"-which not many people know about!
The man who does not know who his great-grandfather was, naturally enough would not care what he was...the man who fears to disgrace his ancestor is certainly less likely to disgrace himself. Charles Major, When Knighthood was in FlowerDie grootheid van die mens kan gesien word in hoe hy teenoor sy minderheid optree.
Every truth has four corners: as a teacher I give you one corner, and it is for you to find the other three.-Confucius
Music expresses feeling and thought, without language; it was below and before speech, and it is above and beyond all words. ~Robert G.Ingersoll
'And lastly, we learn by chess the habit of not being discouraged by present bad appearances in the state of our affairs; the habit of hoping for a favorable chance, and that of preserving in the search of resources.' -Benjamin Franklin, 'The Morals of Chess'
The hardest game to win is a won game --Emmanuel LaskerAvoid the crowd. Think independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece- Rumi
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. -Herman Melville
While one should always study the method of a great artist, one should never imitate his manner. The manner of an artist is essentially individual, the method of an artist is absolutely universal. The first is personality, which no one should copy.
Did you know: Chess has the most extensive literature of any game, sport or pastime.
Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe –Indian proverb
Chess is the touchstone of the human intellect.
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The chessboard is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the Universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature and the player on the other side is hidden from us--Thomas Huxley.
God created the world just like a knife and left it up to us to take it by the handle or the blade--C J Langenhoven
Jou persepsie hang waarskynlik alles af van hóé wyd jou opvatting van die poësie is-Joan Hambidge.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.- Proverb. I doubt, therefore I think; I think therefore I am.-Rene Descartes-
Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith.- Paul Tillich
He who knows nothing, doubts nothing. Spanish proverb. Wisdom begins in wonder.- Socrates
Val eerder in my sop as in my rede--Langenhoven
Seek in the past everything that is good and clean and build thereon your future.
Vriende moet soos boeke wees, min, maar goed uitgesoek --Langenhoven
Friends should be like books, few, but hand-selected --Langenhoven
Goeie boeke en musiek verryk jou siel --Langenhoven
Good books and music enrich your soul --Langenhoven
Let those love now who never loved before. Let those who always loved now love the more. --Thomas Parnell
Love is like quicksand--the deeper you fall in, the harder it is to get out.
Some people come into our lives, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never the same.
There is no failure except in no longer trying--Elbert Hubbard.
The secret of success is the ability to survive failure --Noel Coward.
You cannot step twice in the same river, for other waters are continually flowing in--Knowing not how to listen is knowing not how to speak--Heraclitus, Fragments. Vuil wasgoed is om te was!-- Langenhoven
'I think one move ahead - but it is always the best move'-Reti
Some part of a mistake is always correct. - Savielly Tartakover
Chess teaches you to control the initial excitement you feel when you see something that looks good and it trains you to think objectively when you're in trouble.--Stanley Kubrick A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.
Leo Tolstoy
Love is like a knife, it can stab the heart or it can carve wonderful images into the soul that will last a lifetime.
A rising tide raises all boats! - JFKennedy
The artist creates in order to free himself, only to find himself again in the end-Irma Stern
And think not you can guide the course of love. For love, if it finds you worthy, shall guide your course.Kahlil Gibran
Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy.Tarrasch
Chess is a beautiful mistress.Larsen
Chess is as much a mystery as women.Purdy
Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.Benjamin Franklin
Love is like a Game of Chess: One False Move and You're Mated ~ Anonymous~
Chess is the art which expresses the science of logic.Mikhail Botvinnik
The pawns are the soul of chess.Philidor~~Play to win, if not, be an artist and draw~~
Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach. Aristotle
By learning we teach and by teaching we learn
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Education is the apprenticeship of life -Robert WillmotChess Grandmaster -Vassily Ivanchuk says:
"And do you like playing chess against women?
I wouldn’t say I do particularly, but I also wouldn’t say I don’t like it. In general, I try not to make an exception out of games against women. In chess, female logic differs little from male logic, which you can see just by analysing games. After all, the strongest female players work with men in one way or another. I don’t know what the female style of play is. Or more precisely, I don’t see any difference when compared to male play. In everyday life I also don’t divide people into men and women. For me, personal qualities, mentality and upbringing are the important things when spending time with people."
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Everyone is a genius.But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing it is stupid.
The real challenges on the way to become a master test your strength of character more than they test your chess skill!-Kevin Spraggett
A people are what its women are. The woman is the conscience of her nation as well as the measure of its values. The moral life of a nation is controlled by the women and by the women can we measure the moral condition of the people. - Postma
Descartes: cogito ergo sum (ek dink, daarom is ek)
==The stupid neither forgive nor forget, the naive forgive and forget,the wise forgive but do not forget--Thomas Szasz
Wanneer jy groot dinge dink, groot dinge glo en groot dinge bid, gebeur groot dinge - N V Peale
Mense sonder boeke, is soos arende sonder vlerke-G.D.Labuschagne
A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great. -Joshua Reynolds
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Jou beeld is 'n verflenterde foto in 'n skewe, versplinterde raam en 'n sestal geskommelde letters spel jou tweelettergrepige naam Jou woorde is dor manuskripte vir die motte bewaar op die rak en ons dae 'n kralesnoer syfers op 'n outydse muuralmanak. - Koos du Plessis
Love means nothing in tennis, but it's everything in life.
Einstein:Chess grips its exponent, shackling the mind and brain so that the inner freedom and independence of even the strongest character cannot remain unaffected.Die woord 'skaak' kom van die Persiese woord 'sjah', wat koning beteken. Ook die woord 'mat' is Persies en beteken 'dood'.
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2010!
If chess is a science, it's a most inexact one. If chess is an art, it's too exacting to be seen as one. If chess is a sport, it's too esoteric. If chess is a game, it's too demanding to be just a game. If chess is a mistress, she's a demanding one. If chess is a passion, it's a rewarding one.
If chess is life, it's a sad one-Unknown
Anand vs Topalov 21 April 2010
Book of the moment: In Search of South Africa by H V Morton
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Don't Quit
by: Unknown AuthorWhen things go wrong as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh.
When care is pressing you down a bit.
Rest, if you must, but don't you quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns
As every one of us sometimes learns.
And many a failure turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out:
Don't give up though the pace seems slow -
You may succeed with another blow.
Success is failure turned inside out -
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt.
And you never can tell how close you are.
It may be near when it seems so far:
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit
It's when things seem worst that you must not quit.
