Thursday, January 29, 2009

The (almost) complete South Africa slideshows!

After reading James Michener's book, The Covenant, I wanted to visit South Africa and while serving as a kibbutz volunteer in Israel I met plenty of white South Africans, some of British descent, others of Dutch, and a few colored girls. The one colored girl (mulatto), Celeste, was roommate of my best British girlfriend Donna at Kibbutz Sdot Yam and said, "You must visit South Africa" and invited me to stay with her family in Athlone, Cape Town.
My German roommates' girlfriend at Kibbutz Reshafim was Debbie, a white girl from South Africa. When I was staying at Kibbutz Ha'On and seriously thinking about visiting South Africa, I received a letter from Debbie saying I must visit South Africa and not to worry about where to stay and such, so I wrote and told them all I was on my way and was there for 7 weeks, three with Celeste's lovely family. Both gracious families took me around and showed me the sites!
I say almost complete SA slideshows because I misplaced a few of my favorite pictures that I remember but can't find. Such is life, eh?
Suid Africa! (South Africa) photo album 1
Suid Africa! (South Africa) photo album 2
Suid Afrika! (South Africa & Zimbabwe) #3
Suid Africa (South Africa) 4
Suid Afrika (South Africa) 5

Searching Koel Bay

Check out this site - Waves at Caves, Koel Bay - where I left this comment for Alan van Gysen:

Cool pics AvG ("AVG" reminds me of the antivirus).
I found your site by googling "Koel Bay" to make sure some tourist pictures I took in Dec.'91/Jan.'92 were correctly marked and I am happy to see they were. :-)
Koel Bay, Republic of South Africa

Koel Bay, Republic of South Africa

Koel Bay
Koel Bay
Koel Bay
Koel Bay, Peter, Stefan
Koel Bay

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

View from Table Mountain, South Africa

View from Table Mountain

David Ben-Ariel, Table Mountain with table cloth

David Ben-Ariel, Table Mountain with table cloth

Table Mountain, Albert & Victoria Wharf

Table Mountain, Albert and Victoria Wharf

David Ben-Ariel, Cape Town

David Ben-Ariel, Cape Town

David Ben-Ariel & Debbie Skinner on Table Mountain

David Ben-Ariel & Debbie Skinner

Suid Afrika (South Africa) 5



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Suid Africa (South Africa) 4



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Trail up Table Mountain

Trail up Table Mountain

Victoria Falls!

Victoria Falls

Mans Drag

Mans Drag

Ostrich at Oudtshoorn

Ostrich at Oudtshoorn

Celeste, David, Pauline in Athlone, South Africa

Celeste Piedt, David Ben-Ariel, Pauline Piedt

Beyond Babylon: Europe's Rise and Fall



Beyond Babylon: Europe's Rise and Fall by David Ben-Ariel

Mr. Ben-Ariel clearly has a God-given love for the Jews and the nation of Israel. His Israeli lawyer has stated that David's "future is linked with that of the Jews," and Gershon Salomon, chairman of the Temple Mount Faithful says, "God has some special task" for him. His sacred bond with the land and people of Israel has been strengthened over the years by his service as a volunteer on eight kibbutzim (collective farms) throughout the Holy Land, including during Operation Desert Storm. As a firm believer in the Israelite roots and responsibilities of the Anglo-Saxons and Northwestern European peoples, David works towards the ultimate reconciliation and restoration of Joseph with Judah. As a student of biblical prophecy, he is alarmed about Germany and the Vatican's increasing control of the European continent, remodeling it after the Holy Roman Empire. As the outspoken author of Beyond Babylon: Europe's Rise and Fall, he is determined to do all he can to help wake up the world to the clear and present danger Germany poses to world peace, with a special emphasis on the Middle East.

East Toledoan calls his book, Beyond Babylon, God’s final warning

Beyond Babylon: Europe's Rise and Fall by David Ben-Ariel

Beyond Babylon (free to read online)


Beyond Babylon

Celeste and David at Muizenberg Beach, South Africa

Celeste Piedt and David Ben Ariel

David and Debbie at Cape Point, South Africa

David Ben-Ariel and Debbie Skinner

Sunday, January 25, 2009

None dare call it a coup

Obama's African Coup in America

How will the president usurper act when they come to take him away? When the Constitution is again upheld and the laws of this land he has shown contempt for enforced? The fraud and foreigner, the African Obama, aided and abetted by treacherous politicians, justices, and conservative cowards, has led a coup against the Constitution of the United States.

Usurper Obama's coup is a dark episode in our American history, a black day in America, but it will soon be history, as justice demands. If acting president Barack Hussein Obama is not a fraud and a foreigner, a usurper, let him prove he is a natural born citizen and settle this case once and for all. Otherwise he remains illegitimate and none of his decisions binding, but rendered null and void as unconstitutional.

Imagine the first presidential library where they refuse to show an original birth certificate but present a dubious copy or cheap certification! Obama's records in the United States and Kenya are SEALED. What's Obama hiding?

The Obama emperor has no clothes - and some of us won't let folks forget it! No justice, no peace. We'll cry aloud and spare not until the might of right prevails, so help us God.

http://www.davidbenariel.org/

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Suid Africa! (South Africa) photo album 2

I spent 7 glorious weeks in South Africa and Zimbabwe (Rhodesia), also visiting Swaziland, during Dec. '91 - Jan. '92.

Suid Africa-South Africa photo album 1


I explain many of the photos where they're posted at my Facebook account:


Suid Africa! (South Africa!)






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Suid Africa! (South Africa) photo album 1

I spent 7 glorious weeks in South Africa and Zimbabwe (Rhodesia), also visiting Swaziland, during Dec. '91 - Jan. '92.




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Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Suid Africa! (South Africa!)

Here is my first photo album of South Africa at Facebook (working on the other). Soon I'll have them uploaded here too.

Enjoy!

Suid Africa! (South Africa!)

Monday, January 19, 2009

Servicing the nuns


Years ago I took this picture outside the Carmelite Monastery on Mount Carmel in Haifa with the Mediterranean in the background. The voluteers from Kibbutz Sdot Yam were still chuckling about how the priest who gave us a lecture inside, when describing their duties, said it included "servicing the nuns."

Thursday, January 08, 2009

Joe the Plumber in Israel

Joshua Keating's blog
Joe the war correspondent
Thu, 01/08/2009

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I've lived throughout Israel (including during the Gulf War)
by David Ben-Ariel on Thu, 01/08/2009

and grew up in Holland where "Joe the Plumber" hails from, and sojourn in Toledo now. If Mr. Wurzelbacher really wants to know what it's like living among folks from all over in Israel, Arabs, Jews, Christians, undecideds, secular, etc. he can feel free to check out my website or blogs and find plenty of ammo and kosher food for thought!

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Kibbutz Ha'On volunteer pictures

Donna (Skye) and I stayed at Kibbutz Ha'On where I was a volunteer, and then rented an apartment there until I left for South Africa for 7 weeks (then I later returned for a short while before heading for the USA). It's at Ha'On where she met (and later married) our roommate Andrew from Australia!

Here are 3 links related to Ha'On

Sea of Galilee

Kibbutz Ha'On

Terrorist Bombing (Jerusalem Post letter)

For details of who these people are and where they're from, check out my Kibbut Ha'On photo album at Facebook.