Tag: history

• History of Napier

  A bit of history of the town I live in: https://xplorio.com/napier/en/about/history/

  Herman van Bon Photography

  February 5, 2023

  Herman van Bon Photography, Napier, Overberg, photography, South Africa, tourism, travel, village

  history

• Weekend greetings from both sides of the village

  Although South Africa is since 1994 regarded as a Rainbow Nation; history still is very much alive …. The ‘White’ part of the village lives in cocoons and the other part is colourful …

  Herman van Bon Photography

  June 27, 2014

  Herman van Bon Photography, photography, South Africa, Stanford, tourism, travel

  cocoons, colourful, history, rainbow nation, village, weekend greetings

• Potjiekos

  One of the good old Dutch traditions Afrikaners took with them in the 17th century to South Africa is the ‘Potjie’. In the Netherlands this tradition got lost in history but the contemporary Dutch, like us, in South Africa love Potjiekos. Once you experienced the basics of how to make a ‘lekker’ potjie you start to…

  Herman van Bon Photography

  May 19, 2012

  flowers, food, garden, gardening, plants, South Africa, Stanford

  ash, charcoal, compost, Dutch, experience, experimenting, history, japanese tea ceremony, mix, Netherlands, potjie, potjiekos, recipe, social event, soil, tradition