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The shipwreck began the tradition of" women and children first "

The captain of the sinking ship, HMS Birkenhead, shouted "every man for himself", but the troops were on the boat and waited calmly condemning their fate because they knew that when they stormed the three serviceable lifeboats, the women and children in them would surely drown. They stood in their ranks even as the ship split in two. The ship tilted and then the soldiers were thrown overboard. Some drowned and others, where an even worse fate as the waters were infested sharks. Of the 638 people who sailed on HMS Birkenhead, only 193 survived. And this is where the saying "women and children first" out. Gold reputation to be worth over 300,000 pounds went to the ship, but to this day, if one is found, it was not reported to the authorities.

Eternal Voyage Of The Flying Dutchman

When the wind is howling and the waves crash against the coast, the spirit of the Flying Dutchman is said to monitor the waters around the Cape of Good Hope. Tales have filtered down through generations of a phantom ship with broken masts, flying before the storm and the battle is lost at around the chap Some say that the legend goes all the way back to Bartholomew Dias, the Portuguese navigator, the drowned when his ship sank off the Cape two years after he successfully be rounded. However, the most frequently told story is that of Captain van der Decken, a Dutchman who ran to his home in a storm in the 1641st It is said that his ship was sinking he vowed that he had around the Cape, when he to sail until Doomsday. It is said that who will provide a glimpse into the clutches of the Flying Dutchman, will be lost, as have Van der Decken. Keepers of the lighthouse at the tip of the peninsula have often reported that a sailing ship at the height of the storm. Perhaps the most famous ship was on 11 July 1881, as a young Midshipman in the Royal Navy ship, Bacchante, who are at 4 clock in the Flying Dutchman on their arms. The man on the forecastle reported search, as the proximity to the port bow. Even the officials of the clock saw a strange red light of a phantom ship all aglow. A little later we went looking for a mast until his death, but the curse of the Flying Dutchman does not touch the Midshipman, later King George V.

The Ghost with Red-Hot-handshake

According to legend, in about 1880, a farm owner died and his farm was his brother, of an unpleasant character. He began to abuse of the Dead Man's wife and daughter. The daughter was wooed by a young man from Wellington, and after visiting her one evening, he was untethering his horse, if he considers that there is someone just him. The young man asked the stranger to identify. The shadow replied that he had the previous owner. The young man claimed that this was not possible, because he was dead for a year. The ghost laughed and moved into the light, and there was no doubt as to who it was. The Spirit said the young man to tell his brother to treat his wife and daughter, or rather it would be the worst for him. As proof that he was, he told the young man to wrap his hand in his saddle blanket. The spirit then firmly shook his hand. It was a cloud of smoke and the imprint of the Dead Man's hand was clearly burned into the ceiling. This was enough for the brother-in-law packing and leaving the family in peace.

Huberta The Wandering Hippo Who went on a three-year migration

Nobody will ever know what Huberta from leaving their homes, muddy n Zululand, but in November 1928, she started in one of the dotty animal adventures of all time. For the next three years they walked over 1600 km through South Africa. They wandered in railway lines, golf courses and gardens and immersed in cities and towns. Its reputation spread quickly and soon they had a quota according to their, which they think he wanted them as partners for a lonely female hippo in the Johannesburg Zoo. The audience began to love the adventurous hippo and Natal Parks Board proclaimed their royal game and the zoo men to leave her alone. In early March, Huberta the tracks were on a housing estate, and rumor had it she was looking for a house, but none had a sufficiently large bathroom. After a short stop in a reservoir in Pinetown, Huberta withdrew its most dangerous stunt, she gate crashed a party at the Durban Country Club. In the ensuing confusion, they pay out on the golf course and a policeman found her in the door of a pharmacy in the city. When she at the Wild Coast, the Pondo people overlooked the fact that they eat their crops, because they thought she was the reincarnation of the legendary soothsayer. In March 1931 had reached Huberta East London and was discovered sleeping on the railroad track. A train driver who is not after her with his pipe, easily accessible by train to the front and gently nudged her out of the tracks. In April 1931, Huberta's luck finally ran for three hunters shot them. It was a national outcry and their murderers prosecuted. They pleaded ignorance and fines R 25 each for the destruction of royal game. The body of Huberta one can in Kaffrarian Museum in King William's Town.

Modjadji The secrets of the "Immortal" "Rain Queen

In the case of faults in the 16th Century karanga a princess of the people of Zimbabwe, fled into the fertile valley of the river Molototsi, east of Duiwelskloof. The princess was the most famous rain-maker in Africa. She called herself Modjadji and from the public. The people began to believe that she was immortal and the book "" She "by Sir Henry Rider Haggard is based on her. Even the savage warrior, the Swazi and Zulu's kept them in awe. The mystique of the Modjadji remains to this day. The capital of this successor to the original Rain Queen is located on the slope of a hill, below which is a strange forest of trees as Modjadji cycads. Gifts are still at Modjadji as an incentive for it to rain.

Jock of the Bushveld

"" Jock of the Bushveld "written by Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, is considered a literary classic of South Africa. It is basically a true story, which Sir Percy the years as a transport driver and is rich in episodes of hunting, real-life characters and adventures in the big game pursued. In these years, he earned Jock, the Runt of the litter, which is one of the bravest of hunters and most resourceful companion. Today a number of commemorative plaques and Cairns can be found along the old roads. Barberton in the park is a statue of Jock of the Bushveld and outside the city is a large acacia tree under which Mr. Jock and his often camped. Inside the Hotel Impala is a mural frieze scenes from the Jock of the Bushveld history.

Tales Of The Rip Van Winkle of Zastron

Stories about Renier du Wapenaar are part of the folklore of southern Africa. Renier lived on a farm on the site of today's city Zastron. With his long flowing beard, tattered trousers and peak cap, he looked like Rip van Winkle. It is said that a day when food was short because of a drought, he fired into a flock of pigeons and killed so many that the overjoyed people Zastron had to cart them away in six ox-wagon. In the Zastron is an odd-looking summit called "Vulture Mountain," a great big hole under its summit. Renier After he was out hunting one day, when he with the devil. The devil eyes of his old gun and asked what it was. Renier replied that it was a pipe. The devil, of an avid smoker, asked if he sample Renier tobacco. Renier warned him that the tobacco was strong, but the devil, however. Renier then loaded his weapon with a triple of blackpowder and a variety of projectiles and give it to the devil. He said the devil, the one end into the mouth, and he lit the fuse. It was a huge explosion and the devil's head went hurtling through the air and hit a hole in the mountain. "" Damn! ' "Came the voice of the devil in the distance," "tobacco, that you are on the rough side! "".

Dick King's Epic Journey

In the early morning hours of 25 May 1842 began a story of the epic journey. Dick King and his 16-year-old servant, Ndongeni, slipped into Durban Bay on the coast in the direction of Grahamstown for race supplies and reinforcements for the British garrison, the siege by the Voortrekker. Dick on almost 1000 km of wild country, with 122 rivers and streams Ford .. He reached Grahamstown in ten days, and reinforcements were hastily shipped from Port Elizabeth. On 26 June, the siege was broken and the two Dick Ndongeni and received land as a reward. The equestrian statue of Dick King on the Victoria Embankment in Durban was in 1915.

The nation that committed suicide

At a pool in the river Gxara, the strange predictions of a 14-year-old girl named Nongquawuse practically led her people to suicide. One day in 1856, she sat by the pool and looked down and thought she saw the faces of their ancestors. She told her people that their ancestors were willing to return to earth, to the Europeans, but first the people had to be an act of faith, that their faith in the spiritual world. They would have to kill all their cattle and burning all their crops. Those who refused would be turned into frogs, mice and ants and are blown into the sea by a powerful vortex. For ten months they destroyed their provisions are awaiting the day of salvation that Nongquawuse predicted, 18 February 1957. On this day, a blood-red sun would rise, stand still, and then again in the East. As the great day dawned the people waited in anticipation, but the sun and considered normal. About 25 000 people died of hunger. Others survived only with the help of surrounding communities and the Europeans. What Nongquawuse, they would have been killed by their people, they had not fled to King William's Town and was initially for a while on Robben Iceland for their own safety.

As the Cape Doctor lays down the tablecloth

The Cape Doctor refers to the Howling South Easter, this wind makes the city the atmosphere of one of the healthiest in the world by blowing away pollution, dust and insects. It also creates the scenic wonders of the Table Mountain, the tablecloth, an odd-ordered cap of cloud which, in the summer months, roles in the flat summit and drapes itself over the edges in a regular straight line.

Gerald Crawford was born in South Africa, studied electronics, telecommunication, eco-travel and African travel concepts. He taught that tourism in South Africa. Do you have any questions or comments please send an e-mail to me. E-mail address: southafricantravelarticles@12234455.co.za Website Address: http://www.12234455.co.za