South Africa - March 2005
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Nieu Bethesda is a town with a population of about 1000 situated in the foothills of the Karoo. The Karoo generally has an extremely arid climate. I visited for a day and able to get pictures of the town and some of the succulents including the remarkably iridescent mesembryanthemums that carpet the surrounding landscape after occasional rain.
Sisal field approaching - Nieu Bethesda
Aloes
The shop
The library - No Bill Maes here
Busy street corner
Jill’s B&B
Jenny’s new house
And finally a weed! (probably)
Probably another weed
All photographs copyright of:
Denis Riordan
19 Starr Lane
Dartmouth, NS
B2Y 4V7, Canada
eMail: denis.riordan@dal.ca