{"id":124,"date":"2006-12-11T22:18:42","date_gmt":"2006-12-11T21:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cockyhuisman.nl\/zuidafrika\/?p=124"},"modified":"2011-11-27T11:43:12","modified_gmt":"2011-11-27T10:43:12","slug":"hollanders-by-die-hek-the-dutch-at-the-gate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cocky.rikers.eu\/ZA2006\/?p=124","title":{"rendered":"Hollanders by die hek &#8211; The Dutch at the gate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cocky.rikers.eu\/ZA2006\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/nederland.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25\" title=\"nederland.gif\" src=\"http:\/\/cocky.rikers.eu\/ZA2006\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/nederland.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"33\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">Dag 20, maandag 11 december.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">Rond negen uur vertrekken we van Warmwaterberg verder via de Route 62 richting Hermanus. Onderweg passeren we o.a. de prachtige Tradouws pas en verlaten daarmee de Kleine Karoo. Het landschap veranderd en wordt groener. We doorkruisen duidelijk een vruchtbaardere landbouwstreek. Zagen we eerst nog aan de ene kant van de weg Fries Stamboekvee en aan de andere kant van de weg struisvogels, nu worden de koeien afgewisseld met wijngaarden en graanvelden. Voor de koffie stoppen we in Riviersonderend en zijn uiteindelijk om\u00a01 uur in Hermanus voor het hek. Het is een hartelijk weerzien met Vasi wat wordt gevierd met champagne aan het strand (overigens schijnen de walvissen al weggetrokken te zijn). Later op de avond, voor het eerst tijdens onze vakantie, de nationale braai sport beoefent. Door alle verwennerij veranderen we zelf langzaam in walvissen!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cocky.rikers.eu\/ZA2006\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/uk.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26\" title=\"uk.gif\" src=\"http:\/\/cocky.rikers.eu\/ZA2006\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/uk.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"25\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\">Day 20, Monday 11 December.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\">Around nine o&#8217;clock we leave Warmwaterberg to continue our journey on Route 62 in the direction of Hermanus. Along the way we drive through the Tradouws Pass and leave the Small Karoo. The landscape changes and becomes greener. We clearly are in a more fertile agricultural area. Were we first saw Frisian cows and ostriches alongside the road, the cows are now sharing the field with wineries and cornfields. For coffee we have a short stop at Riviersonderend and around noon we arrive in Hermanus to stop at the gate. Vasi welcomed us and we celebrated the moment with a bottle of champagne on the beach. Later in the evening we at last enjoyed the favourite South African braai sport. The southern wright whale seems to have left Walker Bay and the Hermanus shore, but we ourselves are slowly transforming into Dutch Whales thanks to the excellent food and wine.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\">Cocky &amp; Jos<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\">ngg_shortcode_0_placeholder<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Dag 20, maandag 11 december. Rond negen uur vertrekken we van Warmwaterberg verder via de Route 62 richting Hermanus. Onderweg passeren we o.a. de prachtige Tradouws pas en verlaten daarmee de Kleine Karoo. Het landschap veranderd en wordt groener. We doorkruisen duidelijk een vruchtbaardere landbouwstreek. Zagen we eerst nog aan de ene kant van [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocky.rikers.eu\/ZA2006\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocky.rikers.eu\/ZA2006\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocky.rikers.eu\/ZA2006\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocky.rikers.eu\/ZA2006\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocky.rikers.eu\/ZA2006\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=124"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cocky.rikers.eu\/ZA2006\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":204,"href":"https:\/\/cocky.rikers.eu\/ZA2006\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions\/204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocky.rikers.eu\/ZA2006\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocky.rikers.eu\/ZA2006\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocky.rikers.eu\/ZA2006\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}