Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Highly intelligent and intellectual people.
I am a fairly average person. Over the years I have experienced interaction with two types of people. My interaction with highly intelligent and with intellectual people had the following in common:
1. None of them proclaimed themselves to be intelligent or intellectual.
2. They can talk about a range of subject matter but do not talk about themselves much.
I have also met with a number of people proclaiming themselves to be intelligent or intellectually advanced. They had the following in common:
1. They like to talk about themselves.
2. They don't know much and are not able to talk about any specific subject matter in any depth. They have attitude but little else.
In summary, they were, in general, not above average. Actually a bit below.



Sunday, August 9, 2015

A fishing boat, Zanzibar, Africa. Certainly worth a visit.

Saturday, July 5, 2014

Statue

Statue of a Voortrekker woman with children at the Voortrekker Monument, Pretoria, South Africa.

Saturday, June 21, 2014

Voortrekker Monument

The Voortrekker Monument, Pretoria, South Africa. Built to commemorate the trek of the Voortrekkers from the Cape to the interior. The Voortrekkers refused to live under British rule and treked into the interior of Africa, hoping to establish a republic under their own rule. 

Sunday, June 15, 2014

Black-headed heron

Black headed heron photographed near Sedgefield South Africa.

Monday, April 28, 2014

Clarens

Picture of shops in Clarens, Free State. South Africa. A visit to Clarens is certainly worth the effort.

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Over Achiever

We get over achievers in all walks of life. From school to banking to sport. Even in pumps. This is a picture of a windmill (wind driven water pump) taken in the Free State, South Africa. Normally these pumps are 4m + in height. This guy just did not know when to stop!