South Africa video blog: September 19, 2010 - part 3

The third and final part of my video blog about my photo safari around the Cape Peninsula with Nick Laidler. We ended the day at the Victoria and Albert Waterfront in Cape Town. This is always a fun place to visit, especially for the street entertainment. I watched tumblers, a vocal group doing traditional singing, and a Dixieland Jazz band. The restaurants and shops at the waterfront are always worth a visit, too. I hope you enjoy the video - leave a comment and let me know what you think of the new format.

South Africa video blog: September 19, 2010 - part 2

I added music and commentary to this blog entry. I'll be using the same format for the rest of the series, so let me know what you think. Thanks!

In this video blog entry Nick took me to Green Market square. I talked to one of the vendors about their background and found the information to be very interesting. We also went up to Signal Hill to take photos of Cape Town from that vantage point.

Collecting at Koeberg - 22 Sep 2010

There are two species of Hyobanche at Koeberg Nature reserve, and each time I'm in South Africa for a field season I try to get back to the reserve to do some work. Here is the first of two videos from this day's field work. It's a lovely site and it always involves an interesting ride along 4X4 tracks to reach the populations.



Here's part 2:

South Africa video blog - 2, part 1

20 September 21010 - part 1: First day in the field for this South Africa field season. Louis Liebenberg found a population of Hyobanche that I will be describing in my monograph on Hyobanche. He sent the image to a researcher at Kirstenbosch who referred him to me. Louis was kind to take time out of his day to guide me to the population. We had a very interesting conversation about a book he is writing, and the site was absolutely beautiful. The lagoon near the dunes where this Hyobanche occurs had avocets, stilts and flamingos - stunning scenery! The Hyobanche is also quite beautiful.

I wasn't sure I was going to be able to go to the field today. The weather turned very blustery overnight and the wind was really strong plus it was raining very hard at Kirstenbosch when I awoke. I called Louis to find out what the weather was like on his side of the peninsula and he assured me that it was much better. So, it was a go and I'm really glad I went to this site.

South Africa video blog - 1

My first ever video blog - not sure if I want to do this again - seems kind of awkward from this end. You'll have to let me know what you think.