my year in cities
I found something cool at Kottke.org and join-the-dots. They made a lists of their past year in cities. I found it pretty interesting and added my own list here.
Paradise Beach, South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa*
Sabie, South Africa
Amsterdam, NL
Eindhoven, NL
Antwerp, Belgium
Paris, France
Uppsala, Sweden
Stockholm, Sweden*
Helsinki, Finland*
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Cape Town, South Africa*
Kleinmond, South Africa
Hermanus, South Africa
I slept over at least one night in all these cities, except the ones marked with an *. Make this fun and add your cities of 2005 as a comment.
larey van greunen wrote on January 12th, 2006 at 1:55 pm
MMmm this is hard…let me think:
Paradise Beach, South Africa
Kleinmond, South Africa
Augrabies Waterfalls, South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
London, England
Paris, France
Nice, France
Florence, Italy
Venice, Italy
Rome, Italy
Munchen, Germany
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Watervalboven, South Africa
I only included the ones were I spent one night or more.
Kinda makes you appreciate 2005.
Jané wrote on January 12th, 2006 at 3:02 pm
Let’s think…
Cape Town, South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Paris, France
Val D’isere, France
Tours, France
Mont St. Michel, France
Reims, France
Corsica
Marseille, France
Lyon, france
Chambon, France
St. Victor, France
L’ile de Ré, France
Colmar, France
Antwerp, Belgium
Amsterdam, Netherlands
London, England
I think that’s about it. I also only included where I slept. 2005 was definitely a highlight.
David wrote on January 12th, 2006 at 3:33 pm
I’ve done quite a lot of travelling this year, and improved my German tremendously… But even after spending 5 months in Finland, I still can only say Kiitos (thank you), Mita (What?), Mita vittua (What the f**k), Nokia (Nokia)…
Morgan Bay, South Africa
Kei Mond, South Africa
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
London, England
Düsseldorf, Germany
Duisburg, Germany
Birkheim, Germany
Eindhoven, NL
Koblenz, Germany
Lausanne, Switzerland
Helsinki, Finland
Espoo, Finland
Stockholm, Sweden
The funny thing is, I’ve never been to Cape Town
Rian wrote on January 12th, 2006 at 3:43 pm
in chronological order for 2005:
Pretoria, RSA
Dubai, UAE
Singapore
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Millbank, New South Wales, Australia
Wollongbar, New South Wales (NSW), Aus
Perth, Western Australia (WA), Aus
Cairns, Queensland (QLD), Aus
Townsville, QLD, Aus
Sydney, NSW, Aus
Argyle, WA, Aus
daan jacobs wrote on January 17th, 2006 at 4:13 pm
Laas jaar was maar stil. Hierdie jaar binne ‘n maand:
London, UK
Birmingham, UK
Oxford, UK
Pretoria, SA
Johannesburg, SA
So ek sal maar stil sit in die hoekie terwyl julle travel en ek myself in ‘n koma in werk.
Jy het duidelik bedank, soveel posts is soveel dae. Baie impressed. Ek sal moet DSL kry as ek terug is om op te vang met die Herminator.
hannes wrote on January 18th, 2006 at 5:05 pm
I see too few “Antwerps” and “Eindhovens” goddamnit!
Natalie* wrote on January 20th, 2006 at 6:45 pm
ok, i’ll try
London, UK
Northampton, UK
Pretoria, SA
Cape Town, SA
Marburg, Germany
Giessen, Germany
Corfus, Greese
Rome, Italy
Gran Canary, Canary Islands, Spain
Brighton, UK
Pretoria, Sa
London, Home, UK
And soon, in 10 weeks time, going to MALTA for my honeymoon! whoohoo!
Anonymous wrote on January 25th, 2006 at 3:29 pm
mmm, hier’s een vir al julle toeriste.
“People travel to faraway places to watch, in fascination, the kind of people they ignore at home.”
- Dagobert D. Runes
,hoe waar is dit nie van meeste van Suid Afrikaners nie….?
en natuurlik my favourite
“If an ass goes travelling he will not come home a horse.”
- Thomas Fuller
Just a thought vir almal van julle wat soooo spesiaal voel.
Herman Preotirus wrote on January 25th, 2006 at 3:48 pm
Really touching quotes there anonymous person.
Sorry for the anguish we’ve all caused you, hope 2006 takes you more places than 2005.
Nat* wrote on January 25th, 2006 at 4:23 pm
sorry, got to go with Herman there, honestly, no need for the bitterness. SA is awesome, enjoy it, but appreciate the world.
Hope 2006 is brilliant for you!
hannes wrote on January 25th, 2006 at 4:28 pm
ditto.
daan jacobs wrote on January 26th, 2006 at 3:23 pm
Who is this super anon noodle? Not cool.
(The rest of this post has not been added due to the adult content it contains, if travelling gets this person started I don’t want to know what adult content will do to him/her.)
tineke wrote on January 27th, 2006 at 5:53 pm
Antwerp, Belgium – voilà, Hannes!
Berlin, Germany
Grahamstown, South Africa
Madison, USA
Paris, France
Pretoria, South Africa
Voss, Norway
and not to forget … Ouwegem-city of course!
Johannes du Toit wrote on February 6th, 2006 at 6:25 pm
Had to bend my brain quite a bit for this one:
Vioolsdrift – Namibia/RSA
Springbok – RSA
Pofadder – RSA
Upington – RSA
Pretoria – RSA
Johannesburg – RSA
Berlin – Germany
Madrid – Spain
Dubai – UAE
Bangkok – Thailand
Chiang Mai – Thailand
Similan Islands
Surat Thani – Thailand
Krabi – Thailand
Crap-load full of small towns and rural villages – Thailand
Klerksdorp – RSA
Clarens – RSA
George – RSA
Stilbaai – RSA
Been to some weird and wonderful places in 2005 – will do best to go even further in 2006 !
Christiaan Kuun wrote on February 10th, 2006 at 9:38 am
Interesting, you guy’s travel alot almost as much as me.
New York, USA (did the Broadway thing)
Los Angeles, USA (did the Hollywood thing, went on a date with Britney and Charlize Theron)
Chicago, USA (Met Oprah)
Waimea, Hawaii, USA (Surfing)
Waikiki, Hawaii, USA (Surfing)
Beijing, China (Investigated import-export possibilities and scientific collaboration with Chinese universities)
Xhiangzuo, China (Visited a major telecommunications provider)
Bali, Indonesia (Surfing)
G-Land, Indonesia (A surfing spot)
Cloudbreak, Fiji, (also surf spot)
Bhutan, next to India (Searched for the lost tigers, and snow leopards)
Culcatta, India (Experienced the cultures)
New Delhi, India (Experienced the ladies)
Various Nepalese towns & villages (Found peace for my soul)
Lhasa, Nepal (Culmination of pilgrimage in order to find peace for my soul)
Kashmir region, Pakistan (Tried to find Osama)
Baghdad, Iraq (Tried to fight against the infidels)
Jerusalem, Israel (Tried to make peace)
Moscow, Russia (Enjoyed the vodka and snow)
St.Petersburg, Russia (Went to the art galleries and libraries)
Ural Mountains, Russia (Went to check out a beautiful unknown part of the world. Strange haunting country. Almost like the perfect communist dream…)
Taiga, Russia (Went on survival camp)
Kebnekaise, Sweden (This is the mountain where the leader of the gangling of geese in Niels Holgerson was born, her name is “Akka van Kebnekaise”)
Stockholm, Sweden (Hmm, Hmm..)
Prague, Chekoslovakia (Got some culture)
And then finally
Pretoria, South Africa (Studied)
Cape Town, South Africa (Relaxed, mocked the tourists)
Langebaan, South Africa (Conference, presentations, wowed the crowd)
Stellenbosch, South Africa (Swam in mountain streams, drank beers and ate pizzas)
Wilderness, South Africa (Surfing)
Plettenberg Bay, South Africa (Surfing, hiking, relaxing)
Grahamstown, South Africa (Went to theater, Jazz concerts, Art exhibitions, surfed, drank lots of beers, sipped a lot of minestrone soup, drank lot’s of hot chocholate, ate lots of homemade apple pie, had a blast, met beautiful women, lots of laughter)
Ballito, South Africa (Surfing, sun-tanning, read)
Durban, South Africa (Enjoyed the sights and sounds of indians, spices, harbours, and hot foods)
Jip, I’ve been a busy chap…
The place I enjoyed the most?
Take a wild guess.
Christiaan Kuun wrote on February 10th, 2006 at 9:45 am
Sorry, a group of geese is a gaggle of geese when they are on the ground, and a skein of geese when they are in the air. Gangling is totally wrong.
My mistake.