Was jy al voorheen by Shing en Punda Franswa? .... Ons is einde Julie in Onder Sabie en Satara.Originally Posted by Kasane
Was jy al voorheen by Shing en Punda Franswa? .... Ons is einde Julie in Onder Sabie en Satara.
Last edited by Vlakvark; 11-06-12 at 05:45.
Kiewiet.
If you are going through hell, keep going. - Sir Winston Churchill.
Hello Kiewiet....nee jong is my eerste keer bo in die noorde (gaan middel Augustus) ...kan nie wag nie...ons bly altyd in Satara as ons kan...ons was nog altyd gelukkig daar....het in Desember 2011 vir 4 dae elke dag luiperd gekry op verskillende plekke.Julle moet dit geniet.
Franswa, Shingwedzi is ons gunsteling kamp. Dis baie stiller as die besige suide met heelwat diere noord tot by Pafuri. Julle moet dit geniet!
Ek gaan so maak Theuns...ek hoor Punda is een van die beste plekke vir voels...ek het vir my onlangs n 400mm Canon lens gekoop so ek sien uit om hom te gaan toets daar en ek hoor die olifante(my gunsteling) is baie in daai area.
Jy gaan dit daar geniet. (Op Punda sit die manne sommer voor hulle tent met daai laaaang wit lense en voëls kiek). Gaan maak ook `n draai by Crooks Corner en lees die geskiedenis. (Ek was nog net op twee ander plekke waar verskillende lande so bymekaar kom op `n punt).
http://wikimapia.org/11132560/Crook-s-Corner-Kruger-NP
Last edited by Vlakvark; 11-06-12 at 08:38.
Kiewiet.
Dankie vir daai link Kiewiet ek het dit gou gelees is baie interresant...nee ek gaan verseker daar n draai maak beplan om sommer daar te braai die middag.
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Franswa, die piekniekplek by Pafuri is 'n voeelliefhebber se droom. Daar is baie voeels, diere en olifante. Jy kan ure sit en voeels kyk. Jy sal dit geniet.
Ek weet ek gaan is net jammer dis n entjie se ry van Punda af want nou mis n mens daai goeie lig vroeg in die dag of laat middag..gelukkig is dit nog winter so hopelik is die lig nie te sleg teen die tyd wat ek daar kom nie...maar maak nie saak nie solank ek net daar kom en bietjie op die Limpopo kan kyk.
Nog net 2 dae dans dit so!
Julle moet almal lekker ry, kuier, foudies vat, vuurmaak, ens ens.
Kuier julle weer raak ommie kampvuur oor 4 weke!
Dit makie sakie! Wanneer ry ons?
Lekker kuier Jacques en veilig ry en bring baie fodies dat ons kan sien.
Ek stem vir Pafuri!
Ons beplan 'n twee-voertuig toer vanaf Gauteng na Gonarezhou via Punda Maria, Pafuri grenspos en Chiqualaquala grenspos - vertrek dv volgende Saterdag-oggend. Sien baie uit daarna. Hoop maar ons word nie te erg vasgehou met die rivierkruisings nie!
Nou kamp ons d'am lekker!
Ja ek wil nog eendag weer tyd spandeer by Pafuri, Crook's Corner (sien die inskripsie hieronder) en dan natuurlik Punda
Hier sit die manne by Pafuri se kampplek
Physical Description
Called the “Haven of Scoundrels” This area takes the visitor back in time to when ‘Crooks Corner’ was a no-man’s land, on the boundary of where three countries come together
This triangular piece of land, situated between the Luvuvhu and Limpopo rivers, is the most nort-easterly corner of the old Transvaal (now Limpopo province) since 1913. The Luvuvhu river acted as the northern most boundary of the Kruger National Park, up to where it joined the mighty Limpopo river. The Limpopo River was always the boundary between the Transvaal in SA and Southern Rhodesia (now called Zimbabwe). The confluence of the two rivers also formed a natural corner between those two countries and Portuguese East Africa (now called Mozambique)
This area was one of the most remote areas of SA only accessible via long arduous wagon roads through thick bush and in very hot conditions
History
Crooks Corner was the natural refuge for all kinds of people who had no great wish to look into the eyes of the law and who, at any moment, might suddenly need to flee across an international border.
Inevitably, it became known as Crooks Corner as it was the home of ivory poachers, illegal black labour recruiters, gun-runners and various other “shady” characters that had chosen the free life of buccaneers and outlaws
One of the more famous (on infamous) men who used to operate in this area was Stephanus Cecil Rutgert Barnard, local people named him Byekenya, which simply means ‘one who swaggers when he walks’.
He would often receive advice from other veterans like William Pye that when he encountered “problems” during his ivory poaching adventures, he should head back to Crooks Corner, this strategy probably enabled many “shady” characters to escape the long arm of the law for their entire lifetimes.
At the corner where the rivers meet, there is a wonderfully useful beacon, to the east lay the old Portuguese territory, to the north was Southern Rhodesia, to west lay the Union of SA and to the south was huge tract of land that eventually became the Kruger National Park.
Now if the long arm of the law started to catch up with any of these ‘shady’ characters, all they needed to do was to remember the beacon, and if you were on the opposite sides of the beacon, the law couldn’t reach you for fear of violating an international boundary.
Even if lawmen from the three different countries arrived at the same time, you could also sit on top of the beacon and watch the lawmen fight over who takes you into custody, and this is how the ‘Crooks’ of Crooks Corner managed to live long and healthy lives.
Dankie Eben...ek gaan verseker hierdie hoekie besoek(Crook's Corner)
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