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Bo-Kaap

A popular daytime destination, hillside Bo-Kaap is known for its narrow cobbled streets lined with colorful houses. We stayed in this area close to the start & finish for the Cape Town Cycle Tour. 

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The day before CTCT

The Cape Town Cycle Tour is a big event on the cycling calendar. The day before we usually cycle a short distance to make sure all is good for the next day race and have some photo time with interesting sculptures along the route.

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Milky Way

    Photographing the stars has always been a challenge for me. Last night on a cold winter night in Bloemfontein, I have tried my luck again at capturing the Milky Way. 

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Heron in flight

            Spending time at the beach and the lagoon in Cintsa, I tried my luck at bird photography. I was lucky capturing a few birds in flight like this heron.

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Crab

Spending time on the beach of Cintsa near East Londen, I captured this crab busy digging in the sand.

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Fishing Village

I have photographed this scene from a fishing village in Cambodia. We took a boat trip through the fishing village. It is always interesting to observe people and their life styles.

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Flower Dome

The flower dome was listed as the largest glass greenhouse in the world as listed in the Guinness World Records 2015 and hosts flowers and plants from the Mediterranean and semi-arid regions. Changing displays are also done to reflect different seasons and festivals.  

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Cloud Forest

Inside the Cloud Forest, there is a waterfall. There are also many walkways between the unique plants.

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Moolmanshoek

    We had a photography congress at Moolmanshoek in the Eastern Free State. There are so may photographic opportunities.

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Clearwater trails

We were fortunate to have a short break to Uvongo. Along with the camera gear we also took the mountain bikes and had a few rides. This was at Clearwater trails near Port Edward.

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Isle of Wight

  The Isle of Wight, an island off the south coast of England, can be reached with a ferry. It is a beautiful island with lots of landscape photographic opportunities. This was at Totland.

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East Mebon – Cambodia

Siem Reap became a very popular for touring as there are many ancient temples of which Angkor Wat is probably the most famous one. This one is East Mebon, a 10th Century temple at Angkor.

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Singapore

Singapore has been one of our  holiday desytinations for the past few years and I love doing photos around the Marina Bay Sands and Gardens by the Bay.

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Supermoon

"A Supermoon happens when a Full Moon or New Moon coincides with the Moon’s closest approach to Earth; also called perigee. A Super Full Moon looks around 12% to 14% bigger than its counterpart, the Micromoon. The Supermoon on November 14, 2016, was the closest since January 26, 1948. The next time a Full Moon […]

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St Paul’s Cathedral

We went to London one evening while we were in the UK earlier this year. This was one of my night shots of St Paul’s Cathedral.

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Roelof & Roz

I had the privilege to photograph, my younger brother, Roelof and his wife, Roz’s wedding. Congratulations!! It was very special for me. It was also my first UK wedding.

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Krabi

Wishing we could still be here – Ao Nang beach in Krabi, Thailand.

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Sapa Children

There are so many of my holiday photos I still want to share, like this one of the children in Sapa, Vietnam.

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Sweetlips

Although it has been quite a while since we went diving, I can still revisit my diving photos. This sweetlips I captured on a dive trip in the Similan Islands, Thailand.

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Taxi

In Bangkok the Tuk-Tuk’s is a common mode of transport. I took this image on our trip in 2009.

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Anemone

There is such a variety of animals in the ocean. Sometimes the less colorful ones are overlooked, such as this anemone (also photographed at Umkomaas).

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Wrasse

Since weekends are quite busy, we don’t get the opportunities to go diving any more. However, I still have many images from our dive trips to share. This wrasse was taken at Aliwal Shoal, Umkomaas.

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Cat

On our last trip to Singapore, we passed via Hong Kong where I photographed this cat in one of the shops. There were a couple of cats at this shop.

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At the Market

Bicycles are a common mode of transport in Vietnam. This was at one of the local markets in Hanoi.

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Thiên Cung Caves

The Thiên Cung Caves are located in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam. What caught my eye in this image was how the sunrays came through an opening in the cave for a few moments.

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Singapore Stadium

I have done a few photos of the Singapore stadium before it was completed. On our last trip to Singapore I had the opportunity to photograph the completed stadium.

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Raylay Beach

I have experimented a little with black and white landscapes. This was one of my images from Raylay Beach in Thailand, I felt it had good potential.

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