Lente in die Boland

Lente in die Boland - which translates to "springtime in the boland". Boland is basically the region where I'm in right now, the Cape Winelands and Stellenbosch etc.

Koos Kombuis is a legendary folk singer in South Africa and his songs are widely known. I found this video on YouTube and I thought I could introduce you to his most popular song. The song is basically about having a good time in Stellenbosch and drinking a lot, like students tend to do. ;-) That's why this song is extremely popular very late at drunken parties.



Here's the lyrics... maybe this will also give you a better idea how afrikaans is like.

Daar's 'n dorpie wat ek ken daar tussen die blou berge
En die lower van die eike oor die straat
Dis die land van Adam Tas en Simon van der Stel
Waar die mense van Gauteng soos die Capies kan leer praat
Dis daar waar ek gewot het, ek het daar leer skryf en lees
Maar die meeste van die tyd was ek in 'n party gees
Wie kan die werk verstaan, wie kan die drank weerstaan
As die onderdorp jpou roep vir 'n groot, groot fees

Koortjie:
Dit was lente in die boland, in ons mees gesuipte jaar
Daar was Tassenberg in elke glas, al die hormone het baljaar
Stellenbosch was niemandsland, eksamens ook net om die draai
Maar ons was jonk gewees en ons was dronk gewees
Die hele lewe was 'n bring en braai

In die Akker en Die Dros het ons oor naweke gedrink
en vir vriende en mooi meisies hulle glase vol geskink
Na die riviertjie by Die Laan het ons al steierend gegaan
om te kafoefel en te vry in die lig van die maan
Ek het haar daar ontmoet, sy was so oulik en so soet
Die nooentjie van my drome, ja, dis waar
Nou woon ons in 'n huisie, maar ek onthou nog daardie wysie
Van die gejol en die gefuif van ons beste jaar

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A visit to the Franschhoek mountains with the Hyosung

I've ridden my new bike (a Hyosung GT650S 2005 model) to the Franschhoek mountains two times now. I have to say this is my favorite road so far... it has some awesome curves that are perfect for this bike. The road surface is pretty smooth as well and it's perfectly suitable for the Hyosung's stiff suspension.

Here's a couple of photographs of the city of Franschhoek itself and the surrounding areas.





The motor is a 650cc liquid-cooled V-twin, which is naturally unbalanced, so I'm having a bit of trouble with too much vibration on plastic parts, but that's easy to fix once I get time to tighten some bolts.





I've updated the february album on my website, click here

A hike up Table Mountain

On sunday a few friends and I hiked up Table Mountain in Cape Town. It's approximately 1086 meters high, and its top more or less resembles a table, hence the name "Table Mountain". The afrikaans name is Tafelberg. Ons het die Tafelberg geloop en dit was a groot plesier! To anyone going to Cape Town I really recommend this hike, the view is amazing. You'll spend about 1.5 hours to 2.5 hours reaching the top, depending on your physical fitness (I used 1.5 hours, so that means I'm ready for a bigger mountain now, obviously. Hehe).









The following picture is of Robben Island, the island where Nelson Mandela was a prisoner.


For more pictures, click here.