Welcome To Pearston - Karoo Travels

Welcome to Pearston. Somewhere between Graaff Reinet and Somerset East in the Karoo.

It appears to the foreign visitor, that Pearston is just one road in the middle of nowhere. But nothing is what it seems in rural Africa.

Welcome To Pearston in the Karoo

General Dealer in Pearston

Welcome and Thanks!

Street Life in Pearston

The tail of a windmill in Pearston

A tine roof house in Pearston with a beautiful old "Stoep" (verandah)

Something cold on a hot day

My yellow ride....

An old Karroo house in Pearston

Afrika Hair Salon in Pearston

The Sentrum Kafee in Pearston

What does one do in Pearston?

Rommel Trommel in Pearston.......

The Karoo sun makes everything white.....

Street signs in Pearston remebering those who came here long before us

old age in Pearston

Farmers buying their supplies

Pack it up...

On The Streets Of King Williams Town

Some Simple Street Photography

 A street hawker preparing her vegetable bags for the day

Under the eyes of Jesus Christ and Mary

Following the fashion..

Observing the streets of King Williams Town

Street( Car) Life in King Williams Town

A Street Vendor with Ostrich feather dusters and his cell phone - products from two different eras

A post Apartheid generation

And the middle aged and the old ones

My Heart Led Me South - Travels In East Africa From 1950 To 1960 Of Street Photographer Juergen Schlichting

My Heart Led Me South from Chocolat Negro on Vimeo.

This was created in dedication to Juergen Schlichting, a German street photographer and writer born in 1936. His extraordinary work covers the 1950s to 1980s. At the age of only 46 Juergen lost his 2 year long battle with lung cancer. The scientist and researcher entrusted his entire photographic work and his writings to his young niece who was like a daughter to him. At the time of his death she was a young girl. For the first time decades later his work is shown to the public.
His photographic work is comprised of tens of thousands of images on film and slides as well as 8mm film rolls. These images are valuable testimonials of a time gone by displayed with an incredible artistic quality and sensuality.
A deeply spiritual man with a strong connection to nature he documented all his travels demonstrating an eternal love of life and a genuine belief in the good of mankind.
He wrote 26 books of poems of which none has been published yet.

The Eternal Bond

The eternal bond, that was born with the creation of the universe

and that can never cease to exist

Under The Boardwalk By The Sea

Dark And Lovely

Dark and Lovely is what you have to be !

Or thin and blonde !

Your hair should be straight no matter what the color of your skin.

At the end of  many a road  you will be remebered of this fact,

like here in Church Street in Quigney

so that you do not forget what the world wants.

It's Christmas In South Africa

We have the Christmas trees

with the Christmas balls and the Christmas shopping

we have the Christmas decorations

spread all over town

and this year we got even an Octopuss.

We are having it !

Gonubie Boys

Very serious business at first !

Walking the streets is serious business

Followed by even more serious cheering-up

Having your picture taken is hard work !

My Big Brother

I spotted him from far but I knew immediately it is him

My bigger brother

God, I was so glad to see him

It's been such a long time

But there he was with his sweet little face

and big bright, honest eyes,

all dressed up

smiling back at me

Oh, my beautiful big brother

I do love you very much