El Voortrekker Monument es una inmensa estructura de granito ubicada en la ciudad de Pretoria, que fue construida a mediados del siglo pasado para honrar a los “pioneros” o voortrekkers, un masivo grupo de afrikáneres o bóeres que entre las décadas de 1830 y 1840 salieron a explorar el interior de lo que es hoy Sudáfrica en un proceso que se conoce como Gran Trek.
¿La razón de esta? Según entendí este “Gran Trek” fue motivado por la saturación demográfica, el hambre y la situación social y política que se vivía en la Colonia del Cabo. Así fue como los inmigrantes emigraron nuevamente hasta encontrar las mejores zonas, robársela a los nativos y apropiarse de ella para tener una mejor vida.
Este museo muestra este proceso histórico a través de una sala de exposición con recreaciones de la época, con un magnífico y detallado recuento en sus paredes, y modelos a escala humana que muestran su forma de vida, costumbres, retos, logros y alguno que otro desacierto…
El lugar tiene valor arquitectónico y museográfico y por ello me atrevo a decir que es altamente recomendado para quienes estén en Pretoria o hagan alguna escala allí, mientras visitan Sudáfrica. Aunque definitivamente no lo recomiendo para niños pequeños o muy inquietos.
Algo que me enterneció es cómo el personal fue muy atento y hasta esperaron algunos minutos extra más allá de su horario laboral para dejarme capturar las fotos de este destino, estando completamente vacío.
¡Me caí! Literalmente me fui al suelo justo después de hacer la foto saltando y con ello tuve mi primera caída oficial (en años) haciendo la captura de un salto. Si quieres, puedes leer una reflexión que hice al respecto en mi post: La historia detrás de la foto.
Jajajaja, qué cómico comentario @Rdp1 , la verdad es que fue la primera caída y hasta ahora única vez que me ha pasado, pero te juro que fue memorable, no sólo por el dolor, sino por el morado que me salió después y me acompañó por días.
Hi @ErmesT , thanks for that parentheses, it is quite encouraging to know that someone as prolific as you likes the stuff I publish .
Is South Africa not popular here, why so? Curious! There you have thrown me a challenge!
About the jumps, I think I will make a special post about this jumps, since I have a few years making them, and have already done then in a few destinations.
Well, I know you are joking, I believe that no one in the community have your average of post per week. Post, with a content, not just dropping a photo an putting a title. Post with a beautiful story.
I am quite active, of course, but I spend most of the time in Connect responding to others, more than writing post. I need a week or more to prepare a post, find the right photos, verify the information, and so on.
Yes Maricha, I have found your great post about the jump: La historia detrás de la foto. A post that, unfortunately, didn’t get any reply (Sorry about that). I will respond asap, and I believe that everyone of us can tell you a story behind a photo.
I am so not joking @ErmesT ! Why would I?! I am being truly honest! First, you have more than 250 posts which is quite a number in this platform… and second, you have a talent to solve problems! I am more of a storyteller than a problem solver and they are both needed skills.
Shoots! I have forgotten I published that, let me change the main photo of this piece, not to have it twice and link that post. See, you just solved a problem I didn’t even know I had!!! You are THAT awesome!!!
→ I got soooo excited about that “see you soon”! I started to smile like a fool!
What do you mean that we only have 1,000 photos? And just about that, I noticed I cannot delete them, I accidentally uploaded the wrong file and then I was not able to take it down, I flagged it, in the hope that it would do something, but it did not…
Didn’t I told you already, in some of your first post? If not, I do apologies @Marichams
Ok, don’t worry, I have been one of the first to hit the limit (together with @FaridTDF )
When it happen, you only have two options:
Become a moderator (but I wasn’t a moderator at that time)
Discover how to manage it
So I had to opt for the second option, and when I was able to fix it, I wrote a post to teach how to fix it (the graphic is quite old, as it is referring to the old Community, but the principle is the same. A few days later, Traci wrote another post, to teach us how to embed a photo
If you mentioned it, I have completely forgotten about it @ErmesT ! That’s a bummer! Because one of the things I loved the most about Connect is that I could take some of the material I share in my regular social media outlets and go into details, sometimes by altering the text, sometimes by including imagery, or by researching the details so I could add them… It was a beautiful exercise for me to do that and now you tell me this and I feel like I need to worry about the amount of photos
Posts like this, for example, would be much more boring without the images. Digging in my old posts, in my hard drives and in my head is already a process, and adding another step is undoubtedly a barrier.
I wonder if I should limit the photos per post, if I should stop and add the step hence post less because it will be trickier or if I should just get a YOLO attitude and give my best now, while I feel like it, and worry about the future when it comes. What would you do, in my position @ErmesT ?! And what would have the younger you, as LGConnect user. have done if knowing what you know now?
South Africa seems like a really cool place to visit. I didn’t know anything about this monument, so thank you for sharing it here and telling us the story. I really like the photo frame, I’ve seen similar ones in different countries.
Thanks for sharing your photos, they are beautiful.
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