nog deci!

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Declan kyk vandag na sy kameelperd:

"Mamma, waar is die kameel se perd?"

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Declan se oulike sê-goed

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Soos mense seker nou al moet weet, is Declan my en Pieter se seuntjie. Hy is verseker die oulikste seuntjie in die wêreld (soos almal seker ook weet!) Ek het gedink om net bietjie te begin om sy oulike sê-goed neer te skryf, want hy is nog nie eers 2 nie, maar hy praat vol sinne! As ons in die kar ry, dan sê hy "mamma jaag die karre!" Hy is lief daarvoor om met 'n handoek te loop (opgerol in 'n bondeltjie) en te sê dis sy "klein babatjie". Hy sit vandag op die trappie in die badkamer terwyl ek bad, en hy sê: "ek nou heavy hartseer!" Hy word baie oggende wakker dan sê hy; "Mamma ek nou wakker! Ek sooo bly!" Hy sê dikwels vir my: "Mamma, ek lief jou!" "Mamma ek jou by sit" (Mamma, ek wil by jou sit) "mamma, ek nog klein" "Deci groot seun!" Vandag ry ons verby koeie in die veld, en hy sê "Mamma!!! Kyk al die baie olifante!" Ouma het 'n roos-ringetjie gekoop, en Deci sê: "Ouma, ek ook...
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Social Media, Connecting and being disconnected

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Prent
So we have been wondering about how we will be keeping in touch with everyone who cares and how we will be sharing our story during our travels. Blogging is a given - it is a little like keeping a diary... but I know that most people these days (myself included) are really too lazy busy to read blog posts. Blogs will be posted though, whether or not they will be read :-) because  I think it might just turn into a nice little keepsake for us afterwards. My 10 year old son is even keeping a blog on his experiences. He has already started during the school holidays last year  - check it out here . The next idea is to share a video-diary. Videos and images get the most views on social media and I personally also love looking at them. So we will post videos onto youtube and share on facebook and instagram . But it is not going not be about that: the big social media rush to get more likes, more follows, more interactions....  Our goal is not ACTUALLY to become t...
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Finding King Shaka's Isivivane

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In Zulu, the word "isivivane" means to "throw your stone upon the pile". Our book "Op Pad in Suid-Afrika" ( http://www.loot.co.za/product/b-p-j-erasmus-op-pad-in-suid-afrika/xhjf-2791-g650 ) also available in English ( http://www.loot.co.za/product/b-p-j-erasmus-on-route-in-south-africa/jvws-2791-g480 ) had a very short little paragraph under the section about Umzumbe (where we spent a week) telling the story of how King Shaka's "isivivane" was still at the spot where he made it in 1828.  It said that Shaka picked up a stone in his left foot, muttered a prayer, took it with his right hand, spat on it and put it on the ground. All of his men then followed suit and they created a huge pile of stones. This was in order to gain favour from the ancestors for his next invasion. (into Pondoland) We were immediately curious about this interesting place and I started googling for some more information. I came across this article on the Umz...
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