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Karoo Roads: Tales from South Africa's Heartland
Come out and visit the worlds friendliest arid wilderness, the Karoo region of South Africa. Kuier with the people of Aberdeen, dance with the De Boom statues in the middle of the Hard Mans Karoo and wander through the lonely soldiers graves at Deelfontein Siding.
Fly with the memory of the Spitfire Ace of Pampoenpoort, join in a tribute to the Patchwork Man of Prince Albert, rootle through a shop of treasures in downtown Cradock, meet the Rastafarians of Calvinia, hear the steam train legends of De Aar and read ghost stories from long ago.
Find out about life in an Anglo-Boer War blockhouse, the beasts of the Bankberg Mountains, how the Mother Dam feeds the Great Fish River, the first great diamond discoveries at Jagersfontein and why David Kramers guitar came to live in a Norvalspont bar.
Dine in a Victorian-era full-service setting, and wake up on a Karoo farm with sheep frontage.
Karoo Roads is a collector's treasure box of trips and tales gathered from more than a decade of research and rubber-on-the-road experiences.
Fly with the memory of the Spitfire Ace of Pampoenpoort, join in a tribute to the Patchwork Man of Prince Albert, rootle through a shop of treasures in downtown Cradock, meet the Rastafarians of Calvinia, hear the steam train legends of De Aar and read ghost stories from long ago.
Find out about life in an Anglo-Boer War blockhouse, the beasts of the Bankberg Mountains, how the Mother Dam feeds the Great Fish River, the first great diamond discoveries at Jagersfontein and why David Kramers guitar came to live in a Norvalspont bar.
Dine in a Victorian-era full-service setting, and wake up on a Karoo farm with sheep frontage.
Karoo Roads is a collector's treasure box of trips and tales gathered from more than a decade of research and rubber-on-the-road experiences.
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Chris Marais
12 books6 followersChris Marais is an award-winning photojournalist, author and publisher who has worked in more than 50 different countries on assignment and now lives in the Karoo, South Africa's semi-arid heartland.
Chris and his wife Julienne du Toit write and publish books on the area: Karoo Keepsakes I, Karoo Keepsakes II and, soon, 101 Karoo Towns in e-book format.
Together, they have producted 6 books: A Drink of Dry Land, Namibia Space, Coast to Coast, Shorelines - A Journey along South Africa's Coast, Karoo Keepsakes I and II.
They have just launched their e-Bookstore on www.karoospace.co.za with a series of 6 Karoo-based books.
Chris Marais has just written The Journey Man - A South African Reporter's Stories, to be launched in August 2015.
Chris and his wife Julienne du Toit write and publish books on the area: Karoo Keepsakes I, Karoo Keepsakes II and, soon, 101 Karoo Towns in e-book format.
Together, they have producted 6 books: A Drink of Dry Land, Namibia Space, Coast to Coast, Shorelines - A Journey along South Africa's Coast, Karoo Keepsakes I and II.
They have just launched their e-Bookstore on www.karoospace.co.za with a series of 6 Karoo-based books.
Chris Marais has just written The Journey Man - A South African Reporter's Stories, to be launched in August 2015.
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January 21, 2024
A delightful trip through a whole lot of Karoo villages. The history of the churches, snippets of Boer war and wonderful anecdotess of the people who live in these small towns. One piece of irrelevant info that I loved was the name for a concertina, "krismuswurm"
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