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Klein Karoo – Little Karoo

09/05/2009 by Nikita

De Rust01

http://www.derust.org.za/gallery.htm

The Karoo is one of the beautiful places in South Africa. If you travel from Pretoria to Cape Town, you have no choice of travelling through the Karoo too! There are some spectacular places, like this small town called De Rust! We stayed a night at a B&B and I always say I would like to go back to De Rust one day! I have two Afrikaans songs about the Karoo, do yourself a favour and listen/watch it for the beautiful music firstly and secondly for the beautiful scenery.  The second song is about the Trans Karoo Train that takes you to Cape Town. I haven’t travelled by this train, but by looking at the video, I think it can be fun! Oudtshoorn is famous for the ostrich farms and you can go and have a ride on an ostrich! I’ve done it…it’s great fun! All images in this post are from the different websites in this post. If you click on the “movie”-page of my blog, you will find 3 links to movie-entries on my blog  about places in SA.

De Rust

This is a donkey taxi in De Rust!

De Rust4

De Rust waterfall

Klein Karoo

http://www.earthfoot.org

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ostrich

De Rust 02

http://www.littlebrak.co.za/content/view/26/

klein-karoo


Image: routes.co.za
All these places in the Western Cape is a must! Next stop for me when I go there, will surely be Matjiesfontein!

http://www.matjiesfontein.com/About/Matjiesfontein spring

Spring in the Karoo – image: http://dan-yvonne.myopus.net/travels/

A poem about frogs – Karoo frogs! An Afrikaans poem for Primary children

Karoo-Kikkers
(Uit: Goue Lint my storie begint: Tafelberguitgewers)
Kikkerland is op Kransplaas in die Karoo.
elke dag as die son skyn, sit die kikkers on ‘n
stokou karee by die diep, koel kuil op die klippe en kik.
Snags, as die maan op sy rug in die kuil dryf, sit
hulle in die biesies in ‘n kring en sing in die kikkerkoor.
Die klein kikkertjies klik-kliek-klik, klik-kliek-klik.
Pappa-Kik en Mamma-Kik kwaak. Oupa-Kik maak
sy keel dik en kra-a-a-k …. kra-a-a-k kontrabas.
Klein Hikkie-Kwik wip na Oupa-Kik se sitklip en vra:
“Oupa-Kik, hoekom staan ou Reier altyd op een been
in die vlak water van die kuil?”
“Ek wag en wag en wag en jy vra nou eers “ sê
Oupa–Kik. Hy loer alkante toe en fluister toe asof hy
bang is iemand luister: “Slim ou Reier staan op een
been in die vlak water van die kuil om klein kikkertjies
te kul. Hulle dink s lang, dun been is sommer ‘n rietjie.
En as hulle naby kom – SWIEP!”
“Swiep, Oupa-Kik?”
“Ja-a-a, Dan rek hy net sy lang sweepnek en hy
kry ‘n kikkertjie met sy snawel beet!”
“En dan, Oupa-Kik?”
“O-o-o, Dan sluk hy die klein kik in!” Oupa-Kik maak sy
keel dik en sy oë rek groot. “Julle moet mooi loop vir ou
Reier. Hier in die droë Karoo vang ou Reier
koggelmanders en kewers, krieke en kwarteltjies,
kiewietkuikens en klein kelkiewyntjies, as hy hulle kan
kry. En kikkertjies!”
Hikkie-Kik wip plieps! in die koel kuil in. Al die ander
kikkertjies moet eers hoor wat Oupa-Kik gesê het:
“Klik-kliek-klik,” klik die kikkertjies –
“KIK!
Die kikkies moet vir Reier Skrik!”
Daardie aand dryf die goue maan op sy rug in die
diep, koel kuil. Die kikkertjies sit op die koorklip.
Hulle sit in ‘n kring en sing:
“Ou Reier, ou Reier Rietjiebeen,
ou Reier met sy sweepnek,
ou Reier , ou Reier met sy Rietjiebeen
het mos mooitjies sy nek verrek!”
Die klein kikkertjies klik-kliek-klik, klik-kliek-klik.
Pappa-Kik en Mamma-Kik kwaak. Oupa-Kik maak sy
keel dik en kra-a-a-k … kra-a-a-k kontrabas.
Hulle sing tot die son opkom.

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11 Responses

  1. on 09/05/2009 at 22:45 Dan

    Beautiful images. I’d love to go there.


  2. on 09/05/2009 at 23:08 Nikita

    hi Dan… there are many beautiful places in SA… you should go on a 6month-holiday trip! 🙂


  3. on 09/05/2009 at 23:35 boendoe

    Nikita, weereens, jy is die beste ambassadeur ooit. Ek is baie trots op jou. 😉


  4. on 10/05/2009 at 10:35 Nikita

    Hi boendoe! Dankie man! Ek is maar nog altyd lief om te blog oor ons mooi land! De Rust sal altyd vir my een van daardie spesiale plekke wees. Net jammer al my foto-albums is in SA met foto’s wat ek daar geneem het, die grotte ook en van Beaufort-Wes. Sjoe! Ek praat myself nou baie lus vir ‘n vakansie in SA hier! 🙂


  5. on 10/05/2009 at 12:14 kaalvoetinireen

    Dit bly maar net ‘n mooi plek! As my voete weer in SA land, vat ek ‘n maand om bietjie te toer 😉 Daar is nog soveel plekke wat ek wil besoek en ander wat ek weer wil sien.


  6. on 10/05/2009 at 17:38 Nikita

    hi Kaalvoete! Ja, in die Wes- en Oos-Kaap is daar regtig baie klein plekkies waar ek ook nie was nie..ek dink bv aan Pofadder/Kleinsee/Grootsee ens.ens. Wens mens kon net wens en dan’s jy daar! 🙂


  7. on 10/05/2009 at 19:09 Nikita

    hi Wipneus! Dankie, dis ‘n plesier.. ek verlang sommer nou baie na SA na hierdie foto’s en liedjies! Dankie, vir die wense!


  8. on 10/05/2009 at 18:43 Wipneus!

    Klein Karoo, verre land van verlatentheid, ♪ ♪ Ek luv my land, so mooooooi!!!

    Dankie Nikita pragtige inskrywing!!

    Hoop jy het ‘n wonderlike moedersdag gehad!!
    x x


  9. on 15/05/2009 at 20:29 mykopop

    As ek eendag boer in die Noordkaap dan gaan ek BOER op die Karoo en Kaapse paaie!


  10. on 16/05/2009 at 09:31 Nikita

    Hi Kop! Ja, ek glo dit sal iets heerliks wees om te doen en al daardie interessante plekkies/hoekies in SA op te soek! Daarvoor het mens so 6 maande vakansie nodig! 🙂


  11. on 23/11/2014 at 18:05 Piet Murless

    moooi…..gelukkig woon ek in Oudtshoorn…..



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