tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3772078074457885561.post8506733343649731034..comments2023-12-14T13:04:29.347+02:00Comments on OneStonedCrow: Ghosts On The Lüderitz PeninsulaOneStonedCrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00500359406575114699noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3772078074457885561.post-1243179569658191142011-04-16T12:16:26.828+01:002011-04-16T12:16:26.828+01:00Thanks Caroline ... :)Thanks Caroline ... :)OneStonedCrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00500359406575114699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3772078074457885561.post-42475482107259938212011-04-16T11:13:11.821+01:002011-04-16T11:13:11.821+01:00(My computer has been out of action and I've m...(My computer has been out of action and I've missed reading your posts). A very haunting post - would love to see for myself...<br />CarolineLonicerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13141723287143567146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3772078074457885561.post-18396137584565517282011-04-16T06:48:27.048+01:002011-04-16T06:48:27.048+01:00Hehe ... thanks Oswaldo ... the ghosts don't s...Hehe ... thanks Oswaldo ... the ghosts don't scare me - they just make me feel sad sometimes ...OneStonedCrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00500359406575114699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3772078074457885561.post-56719266706015917562011-04-16T05:32:57.488+01:002011-04-16T05:32:57.488+01:00Nice news for the Ghost Busters! How interesting y...Nice news for the Ghost Busters! How interesting your post Graham. -As usual. I have to confess that I fear the ghosts!Oswaldo Aiffilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15133162449057302296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3772078074457885561.post-71736519957877773852011-04-12T21:23:58.408+01:002011-04-12T21:23:58.408+01:00Haha - thanks Diane ... :)Haha - thanks Diane ... :)OneStonedCrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00500359406575114699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3772078074457885561.post-57340287199551753062011-04-12T21:09:27.947+01:002011-04-12T21:09:27.947+01:00Soft in the head - never, it was a brilliant post ...Soft in the head - never, it was a brilliant post and I have enjoyed the comments as well.DianeDianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14782670749466305626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3772078074457885561.post-29323195557655133352011-04-12T17:33:21.771+01:002011-04-12T17:33:21.771+01:00Hehe Laurie, it must have been quite disconcerting...Hehe Laurie, it must have been quite disconcerting to have the old guy yodeling loudly in your car - luckily you had a security guard ... :)<br /><br />Yes, I'm planning to do a post on the Shark Island death camp sometime.OneStonedCrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00500359406575114699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3772078074457885561.post-62165662685983821212011-04-12T17:29:28.183+01:002011-04-12T17:29:28.183+01:00Thanks for your visit and comments Phillip.Thanks for your visit and comments Phillip.OneStonedCrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00500359406575114699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3772078074457885561.post-33087892135087936312011-04-12T16:31:44.380+01:002011-04-12T16:31:44.380+01:00Last year I met Namibian author Jane Katjavivi and...Last year I met Namibian author Jane Katjavivi and her husband at the Cape Town Book Fair. We went to dinner and I spoke about one of our trips to Namibia to Luderitz. I told her we camped on Shark Island. I got such a fright when she told me about the terrible things that happened on that island, where so many Herero people died. <br /><br />Is this the ghost tale you are going to tell in the future?<br /><br />On a different vein, when we were in Luderitz there was an old white man who we kept seeing walking everywhere. When we arrived we saw him collecting litter. One day he was out the penisula walking toward town with a security officer. We stopped to see if they wanted a lift. They got in and we drove for a distance and suddenly the old man broke into loud, boisterous yodelling which continued until we dropped him at his house in town.Laurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11112458658109887868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3772078074457885561.post-37216125713442602892011-04-12T15:25:58.034+01:002011-04-12T15:25:58.034+01:00There might be no ghosts there but your photos hav...There might be no ghosts there but your photos have a haunting quality about them. Thanks for sharing.Philliphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12759608831522681285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3772078074457885561.post-31449666207793381332011-04-12T09:03:48.506+01:002011-04-12T09:03:48.506+01:00Thanks Fazlisa - when next you see Bartholomeo, pl...Thanks Fazlisa - when next you see Bartholomeo, please send him my regards :)OneStonedCrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00500359406575114699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3772078074457885561.post-7515374705169554112011-04-12T09:02:39.202+01:002011-04-12T09:02:39.202+01:00Hehe Lisleman ... surely you've heard of '...Hehe Lisleman ... surely you've heard of 'Ghost Writers'?OneStonedCrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00500359406575114699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3772078074457885561.post-60780415799849330242011-04-12T09:01:48.624+01:002011-04-12T09:01:48.624+01:00Haha ... no, Penny, I just spent a year working on...Haha ... no, Penny, I just spent a year working on the sea ...<br /><br />... I have experienced the awesome power of the ocean though - there were times I feared for my life and at other times I was so seasick I didn't care if I died ...<br /><br />... I haven't been to sea since ...OneStonedCrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00500359406575114699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3772078074457885561.post-79317688928825386062011-04-12T04:53:19.515+01:002011-04-12T04:53:19.515+01:00I know Bartholomeo Diaz and I thought I saw half o...I know Bartholomeo Diaz and I thought I saw half of the lost Beatles;)<br /><br />Thank you for taking us on this tour, it was most intriguing. The dead are gone forever, but their witnesses, the walls, the beach, the wind, the skeletons, the markers, can whisper stories.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02399300464457820101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3772078074457885561.post-83812466557112625932011-04-12T03:59:44.465+01:002011-04-12T03:59:44.465+01:00People love ghosts stories. People love the unkno...People love ghosts stories. People love the unknown. But becoming a ghost - don't do that. There are plenty of stories and pictures you need to share on your blog. I don't think a ghost can blog.Bill Lislemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15187273560129198423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3772078074457885561.post-52259859307286100592011-04-12T03:31:48.769+01:002011-04-12T03:31:48.769+01:00Oh so you're a sea man. It seems ironic given ...Oh so you're a sea man. It seems ironic given that you show us so many photos of desert places. Here I live by the sea and am seldom on it. I don't come from a life by the sea. I migrated to it ;-) I do love the sea from afar. I live in earthquake zone and the last time I was one the ocean I went by ferry to Victoria, our capital city. I took my autistic niece and saw a pod of whales. It was beautiful. However it turns out there was a minor earthquake while we were out on the water. That kinda scared me and I haven't been back. Am thinking of going before the Fall in which case you will see it in one of my blogs. It is spectacular scenery along the way.Joyfulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956413632864588646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3772078074457885561.post-3008657274292503612011-04-11T21:00:09.598+01:002011-04-11T21:00:09.598+01:00Thanks Penny - Diaz Point (where I stayed is about...Thanks Penny - Diaz Point (where I stayed is about 10km from the small, isolated town of Luderitz ... about %ks by sea.<br /><br />I worked on a Fisheries Research Vessel as a deckhand - scrubbing decks, painting, cleaning toilets and catching and tagging Crayfish ...<br /><br />... I was young then and my body could handle the rough life ...OneStonedCrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00500359406575114699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3772078074457885561.post-33186287156448746672011-04-11T20:56:27.646+01:002011-04-11T20:56:27.646+01:00Thanks Diane - your comments make the time I spent...Thanks Diane - your comments make the time I spent creating the post all worth-while ... in the end I was in two minds whether I should post it or not, I was worried that you guys might think I was a bit soft in the head ... :)OneStonedCrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00500359406575114699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3772078074457885561.post-49116741810366135472011-04-11T20:44:52.634+01:002011-04-11T20:44:52.634+01:00Interesting post and you evoke the ghosts with the...Interesting post and you evoke the ghosts with these misty photos. Whatever did you do in Luderritz for a year? It looks so desolate or perhaps there is there a town there close by to these accomodations?Joyfulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956413632864588646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3772078074457885561.post-1110029215278779342011-04-11T20:21:39.981+01:002011-04-11T20:21:39.981+01:00I think this is one of the best posts you have wri...I think this is one of the best posts you have written (although I love them all). I lived this walk about with you, the pictures and dialogue are amazing, and just maybe by the end of it I could even convince myself that maybe there really are ghosts out there. I was heartbroken by the story of the whales and the pet cemetery is just such a wonderful thought. Great post Graham. DianeDianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14782670749466305626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3772078074457885561.post-77062492384049716402011-04-11T19:47:21.226+01:002011-04-11T19:47:21.226+01:00"There are stranger things ..." - I alwa..."There are stranger things ..." - I always try to keep this in mind ... Thanks Peggy.OneStonedCrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00500359406575114699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3772078074457885561.post-83391949552166572272011-04-11T19:12:57.584+01:002011-04-11T19:12:57.584+01:00You are probably more sensitive to the vibes of a ...You are probably more sensitive to the vibes of a place when you know and empathise with the history and knowing some of the stories of those who have gone before.It can also be from ourselves that we are more open to feeling these vibes in certain places.There are stranger things.....!Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16336168195436906219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3772078074457885561.post-23415760445632808202011-04-11T15:57:57.702+01:002011-04-11T15:57:57.702+01:00Thanks Vernon - I never thought of a differentiati...Thanks Vernon - I never thought of a differentiation between Ghosts and Spirits ... you've given me something to ponder on ...OneStonedCrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00500359406575114699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3772078074457885561.post-20177352464853371882011-04-11T15:30:04.611+01:002011-04-11T15:30:04.611+01:00I enjoyed your stories very much and you made them...I enjoyed your stories very much and you made them all so real. I also do not believe in ghosts but Spirits Yes!! You never see them but you feel their presence and if you pay attention, they have tales to tell you. Ag man!!! Thanks for telling and showing us what you saw. Keep up th<br />e good work. RegardsVernon Whittalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01071726590897183514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3772078074457885561.post-15829550426293367202011-04-11T13:18:46.404+01:002011-04-11T13:18:46.404+01:00I also ask the same questions when I come upon the...I also ask the same questions when I come upon these isolated graves Dave ...<br /><br />... not knowing somehow adds to the 'vibe' surrounding them.OneStonedCrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00500359406575114699noreply@blogger.com