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After cederberg & Table Mt ~ St James Way in Spain | the easy Wolfberg Crack - Yes or NO ? |
Other made it to the great peaks, my meagre effort was fun too, made it to the top of Table Mountain in Cape Town slowly whilst the Goal of seeing the Wolfsberg Arch of the Cedeberg mountain never materialised, I waited patiently at the bottom of th Crack. This spurred me to take on the Camino de Santiago, staring at St James Pied de Port in France, via Pamplona Leon, Burgos etc till Santiago de Compostela and finally Fisterre on the Eastern shores of the Atlantic I have the odd tidbits in my a long stroll to Santiago de Compostela & beyond AlbumAfrica beckons visitors with it's drumbeats; sadly other forms of BEATINGS tarnish the many goodness it has, TYRANTS, DO NOT desreve to cling onto power "Meagan McGrath, 29, was scaling down the world's highest mountain on May 21 when she came across Nepalese climber Usha Bista." on my Canada Pageshe is so humble about her caring that she does not even mention it in her travelblogMcGrath, who now lives in Ottawa, had been preparing for her Everest climb for years in an effort to become the first member of the Canadian Forces to climb the highest summits on each of the seven continents.Andrew Barsh was 200 metres from Mt Everst summit, but he stopped to save another Australian mountaineer in distress |
| Painting of the 44th President of the USA |
|  | President with hope and change ! ! ! "America, this is our moment. This is our time. Our time to turn the page on the policies of the past. Our time to bring new energy and new ideas to the challenges we face. Our time to offer a new direction for the country we love." . . . . . . .Barack Obama was part of his inauguration in Washington D, one of many there just to get the vibes then his quick in and out in Ottawa, was there too His call for change is in positive and fair, that is what the world wants to see; obviously i am following the media on www the ones that i use are Google News for access to many with a click Financial Times In DepthThe London Times The A-Z of Barck ObamaNew York Times calm in the swirl of history June 3rd Superdelegate graphAlternet Blogs Elections 08Washington Post Guardian Huffington Post HistoricBBC online Media marvel at Obama phenomenon Jason Linkins Liveblogging |
Tao - The Way ~ there are many the Tao is towards Aum . . . i am trying . . . Meegwtech
Nature seeks the narrow middle path so that - all it's inhabitants may share equally only what it needs for survival yin - yang does strive for balance of co-existence
is that not the central point of "Deep Ecology" ? |  | |
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Cape Wines of South Africa " Abelia Lawrence, is the director of Blouvlei and a trustee of the Blouvlei Workers Trust. She has become the public face of Blouvlei, after having worked on the Mont du Toit farm for a number of years and undergoing training at the Cape Wine Academy, the University of Cape Town and taking other courses in marketing. She also now spearheads the group's marketing efforts locally. " " The group currently produces between 4,000 and 6,000 cases of wine, but this is set to increase steadily over the next few years. Production is split between four wines-a Shiraz; a Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc blend; the Klassique-a Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Shiraz blend; and a Sauvignon Blanc." quoted from Wellington-based BEE wine producer Blouvlei gathers steamTo be able to taste the Blouvlei range of screw cap wines under introductory remarks by Stephan du Toit, this was highlighted by master sommelier Junel who took us there with interesting tasting comments. this was followed by another round of tasting the Mont Du Toit range. Photo of the Hills not to good, so here is another of Tabel Mountian fro de Grendel's tasting room patio |  | | Table Mountain from Durbanville Hills - de Grende |
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|  | 9 march 2008 be it the CBC or Ottawa Citizen or weather network, SNOW is the topic, my shoulders and back are tired and sore from shovelling snow we're close the breaking the winter record in Ottawa for amount of snow, very different to rain in it's various modes, falls and then flows away. SNOW lingers and with winds , dances before one, enthralling it's audiences day and night. despite the clock springing forward leaving us with an hour less sleep, for the past 24 hours, during the fall and lulls, i have been keenly watching the news and since 11 am Saturday am watch the continuous fall pile up around the house and neighbourhood - fun sharing with Mother Earth her seasonal changes from the sa trip Monday 31st 2007 , we departed for Cape Town, via a few Wineries, pity that most en route were closed, we however were fortunate to get to De Grendel - the de Villiers Graaf Estate, with amazing view of Table Mountain and Devils peak New year Eve at the Waterfront was uneventful , a disappointment, especially checking into the Cape Town Westin Grand [ Sheraton Arabella ] Stellenbosch Mayvilla B & B was homely and friendly Fine dinner at the Volkskombuis Cape winelands always exciting; this time we had a Master Sommelier taking us to two small wineries, Mont du Toit and Colmart, lunch at Franschoek, followed by tasting at Graham Beck and Boschendal, with it's historic buildings More wineries, Asara, le Riche and uiterwyk-de Waal before heading back to the airport for another Mango flight back to Pretoria via O R Tambo Airport Whilst in Pretoria and Johannesburg area, a big fat ~ree~ wedding was raison d'etre for the trip down below the tropic of Capricorn, but it also enabled us to visit Johannesburg central and Soweto. |
CANADA is part of NORTH America are we prepared to discover more .... ...who are the indigenous ??? MAN or ANIMAL or PLANT ??? > > > see " Amelei " for some fine paintings and spiritual words < < < images and words toegther may be a constant reminder of co-existence and evolution..... Indigenous PeopleModern, especially Urban people are heavily dependent on manufactured cosumer products, food included, are they essential for our existence ? |  | | .. when strands of steel criss X our continent ... |
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nomad7890 Wed Jun 17, 2009 00:42 UTC Hi Ken, ran into your name and noticed you're doing the Camino later on - I am hoping to do it next year ... maybe, but I have actually been on it across different parts of Spain. I know arriving in Santiago will be surreal. Wish you all the best! -Martha | jumpingnorman Fri Jun 12, 2009 07:27 UTC Hi Ken, thanks for visiting my Phoenix pages...yes, we´ll have a meet there! I am in Iceland right now - and it is awesome!!!! Gotta go to airport again...Norman :) | pedmar Mon Jun 8, 2009 19:54 UTC Thanks for visiting my still to be developed Burgos page. You have a very nice layout in your pages::) Will gladly welcome you for a VT meet in Paris ;;)happy travels, Pedmar | ncfg Mon Jun 8, 2009 19:30 UTC Albariño with local Octopus it's delicious. When you get Galicia you will taste that ;-) |
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