{"id":77,"date":"2008-08-15T14:00:57","date_gmt":"2008-08-15T12:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tnttracks.com\/?p=77"},"modified":"2011-04-12T19:25:15","modified_gmt":"2011-04-12T17:25:15","slug":"noortje-in-za","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tnttracks.com\/?p=77","title":{"rendered":"Noortje in ZA!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tnttracks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2064.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox(oortje)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tnttracks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumb-IMG_2064.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Noortje and Tanja on the roof of building 13\" title=\"Noortje and Tanja on the roof of building 13\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a><font color=\"#000000\">Zondag belde Noortje met de boodschap: ik ben nu in Durban en het bevalt me niet, dus ik reis morgen gelijk door naar Port Elizabeth. Wow.. euh.. OK! Ik was helemaal verrast, mijn collegaatje die me helemaal komt opzoeken in Zuid Afrika, wat een eer!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\"><em>English version at the bottom&#8230;<\/em> <!--more--><\/p>\n<p> <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\"> Noortje en ik kennen elkaar van ons werk bij de universiteit van Maastricht. De laatste keer dat we elkaar zagen is al meer dan een jaar geleden. Een hele verassing dus om elkaar in Zuid Afrika te ontmoeten. Woensdag heb ik haar een rondleiding gegeven in de Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University waar ik zo&ouml;logie studeer en de rest van de dag hebben we alleen nog maar gekletst.<br \/> Noortje is twee maanden geleden aangekomen in Zimbabwe, daar heeft ze drie weken gewerkt bij de Painted dog conservation in Hwange National Park. Daarna is ze doorgereisd naar Swaziland. In de bush van Mkhaya game reserve heeft ze vijf weken gekookt op een vuurtje en heeft ze geholpen met het monitoren van wildlife en dan met name de zwarte neushoorn. Ze heeft dus al een heel avontuur achter de rug en de verhalen blijven maar komen.. haha!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\">Hier in Port Elizabeth is ze op zoek naar een nieuw avontuur. Helaas kan ze mij niet helpen, ik ben alleen bezig met microscopisch werk, niet echt spannend dus. Na het versturen van een aantal mailtjes had ze gisteren al een sollicitatie gesprek geregeld met een ranger van Schotia Private Game Reserve, en.. met al haar ervaring is ze gelijk aangenomen!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\">Vanavond zijn we uitgenodigd bij Kingsbeach backpackers om dit succes te vieren met een braai. Morgenmiddag vertrekken we met zijn drie&euml;n in de rode citigolf naar Schotia, ook Tim en ik zijn uitgenodigd voor een game drive en mogen ook even genieten van de natuur :-)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\">H<\/font><font color=\"#000000\">et verhaal van Noortje kunnen jullie lezen op: <\/font><font color=\"#000000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/noortjepeeters.waarbenjij.nu\/Bericht\/Zimbabwe\/Zimbabwe..+onbeschrijfelijk..\/index?page=message&amp;id=2618354\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Noortje in Afrika\">noortjepeeters.waarbenjij.nu<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tnttracks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCN4563.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox(oortje)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tnttracks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumb-DSCN4563.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Celebration braai at Kingsbeach\" title=\"Celebration braai at Kingsbeach\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/tnttracks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCN4598.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox(oortje)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tnttracks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumb-DSCN4598.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Happy Noortje in the back of the citigolf on our way to Schotia\" title=\"Happy Noortje in the back of the citigolf on our way to Schotia\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/tnttracks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCN4612a.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox(oortje)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tnttracks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumb-DSCN4612a.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"In expectation of a five hour game drive at Schotia\" title=\"In expectation of a five hour game drive at Schotia\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tnttracks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCN4635.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox(oortje)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tnttracks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumb-DSCN4635.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Tim is excited to see these beautiful zebras\" title=\"Tim is excited to see these beautiful zebras\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/tnttracks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCN4646.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox(oortje)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tnttracks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumb-DSCN4646.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Red hartebeest and blesbok on top of the hill\" title=\"Red hartebeest and blesbok on top of the hill\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/tnttracks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCN4653.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox(oortje)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tnttracks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumb-DSCN4653.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Impala, also known as &#39;McDonalds of the plains&#39;\" title=\"Impala, also known as &#39;McDonalds of the plains&#39;\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tnttracks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCN4660.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox(oortje)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tnttracks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumb-DSCN4660.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Noortje ready for her next bushlife experience\" title=\"Noortje ready for her next bushlife experience\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/tnttracks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCN4666.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox(oortje)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tnttracks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumb-DSCN4666.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Breathtaking beautiful \" title=\"Breathtaking beautiful \" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/tnttracks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCN4679.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox(oortje)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tnttracks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumb-DSCN4679.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Kameelperd op die pad!\" title=\"Kameelperd op die pad!\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Zoals jullie zien hadden we droog weer met een mooi zonnetje. We hebben ontzettend genoten van deze mooie dag. De game drive waar we voor uitgenodigd waren, bleek een vijf uur durende rit inclusief diner. We zijn enorm verwend geworden en jaloers op Noortje. De komende twee weken mag ze hier meehelpen met het opzetten van een nieuw tentenkamp. Het tentenkamp wordt gevestigd in een gebied dat onbereikbaar is met de 4&#215;4, dat betekent dat ze iedere dag te paard op pad gaan. De rangers zijn heel erg aardig en ze zijn blij met de komst van Noortje als eerste vrijwilligster. Ook Tim en ik zijn uitgenodigd om volgend weekend mee te komen helpen, wat natuurlijk een aantrekkelijk aanbod is&#8230; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\"><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br \/> <\/u><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\"><em>English version<\/em> <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\">Last sunday I got a phonecall.. it was my colleague Noortje from the Netherlands whom I had not seen for more than a year. Noortje: &#39;I&#39;m in Durban now and tomorrow I travel to Port Elizabeth to visit you!&#39; Me: &#39;Wow.. ehm.. okay!&#39; What a surprise this was, I was honoured, my colleague comes all the way to South Africa to visit me?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\">Noortje and me got to know each other through our job at Maastricht University. Since two months she is travelling through Southern Africa. She started off in Zimbabwe where she worked for the &#39;Painted dog conservation project&#39; at Hwange National Park, however during the time of elections they recommended her to leave the country. So she travelled to Swaziland where a new project at Mlilwane game reserve needed her help. This time she spent five weeks in the bush cooking on fire and monitoring wildlife, including black rhino!<br \/> This all results in lots of talking about all the adventures!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\">Now being in Port Elizabeth she had hoped to help me with my &#39;jackal scat&#39; project, but my work for the moment only consists of microscopic identification, so not much wildlife..<br \/> But no worries, after a couple of emails she managed to get a job at Schotia private game reserve.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\">Tonight we will celebrate with a nice braai at Kingbeach backpackers :-)<br \/> Tomorrow Tim and me will bring Noortje to her new bushlife experience, where even we are invited for a nice private game drive!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tnttracks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCN4688.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox(oortje)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tnttracks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumb-DSCN4688.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Nice and sunny, though a little cold in the front row\" title=\"Nice and sunny, though a little cold in the front row\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/tnttracks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCN4691.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox(oortje)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tnttracks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumb-DSCN4691.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Noortje and Tim in an attempt to identify the tree\" title=\"Noortje and Tim in an attempt to identify the tree\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/tnttracks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCN4694.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox(oortje)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tnttracks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumb-DSCN4694.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"This is where I belong...\" title=\"This is where I belong...\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tnttracks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCN4697.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox(oortje)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tnttracks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumb-DSCN4697.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"In a conversation with her new colleague &#39;Bertha&#39;\" title=\"In a conversation with her new colleague &#39;Bertha&#39;\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/tnttracks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCN4713.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox(oortje)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tnttracks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumb-DSCN4713.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Schotia&#39;s lioness enjoying the afternoon sun\" title=\"Schotia&#39;s lioness enjoying the afternoon sun\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/tnttracks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCN4715.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox(oortje)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tnttracks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumb-DSCN4715.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Sweet little kitty\" title=\"Sweet little kitty\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tnttracks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCN4735.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox(oortje)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tnttracks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumb-DSCN4735.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Flirting with Addo&#39;s lions...\" title=\"Flirting with Addo&#39;s lions...\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/tnttracks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCN4757.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox(oortje)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tnttracks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumb-DSCN4757.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Freezing Brazilians think South Africa is ccccold...\" title=\"Freezing Brazilians think South Africa is ccccold...\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/tnttracks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCN4760.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox(oortje)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tnttracks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumb-DSCN4760.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Full moon illuminating Schotia&#39;s thicket landscape\" title=\"Full moon illuminating Schotia&#39;s thicket landscape\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tnttracks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCN4763.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox(oortje)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tnttracks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumb-DSCN4763.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Are you afraid of the wild beast?\" title=\"Are you afraid of the wild beast?\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/tnttracks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCN4775.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox(oortje)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tnttracks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumb-DSCN4775.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Hippo&#39;s in the spotlight\" title=\"Hippo&#39;s in the spotlight\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/tnttracks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCN4780.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox(oortje)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tnttracks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumb-DSCN4780.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Guaranteed of two weeks wildlife and full course dinners\" title=\"Guaranteed of two weeks wildlife and full course dinners\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\"><br \/> <\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zondag belde Noortje met de boodschap: ik ben nu in Durban en het bevalt me niet, dus ik reis morgen gelijk door naar Port Elizabeth. Wow.. euh.. OK! Ik was helemaal verrast, mijn collegaatje die me helemaal komt opzoeken in Zuid Afrika, wat een eer! English version at the bottom&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-outdoor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tnttracks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tnttracks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tnttracks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tnttracks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tnttracks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/tnttracks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1162,"href":"https:\/\/tnttracks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77\/revisions\/1162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tnttracks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tnttracks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tnttracks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}