Hi Maarten,

I hope you enjoy your time in South Africa, and thanks so much for offering to help out.  I can't help out either as I'm not in Durban, but Durban is a centre for a lot of tourism and the like.  Have you considered just signing up with a professional and reputable tour company to have a look around?  As people who do it for a living, they will probably be able to show you more interesting things and do a better tour of the region than an enthusiastic amateur might.

Michelle

On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 7:51 PM, maarten deneckere <maartendeneckere@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all,

I'm Maarten from Belgium. I am new and I want to present myself to the mailing list.

At the end of this year, I will move to South Africa for my new job (a green energy firm), they have a small team in Durban. During my stay (2 y), I will be happy to help the South African Wikipedia team.

More about my Wiki work: I have been very active on the Dutch Wikipedia (I'm now almost 6 years admin), and I helped organising a number of events in Belgium. I was the main organiser of the Wiki Loves Monuments (WLM) Belgium/Luxembourg event, and with a small team we are struggling to set up a Belgian chapter. This is very complicated due to the language problems in Belgium. I would really be thrilled to convince the team to organise the WLM competition in SA too. It's an ideal starter ('pilot programme') for a chapter.

However, I have a problem. I will arrive in SA on December 27 (Durban/CT: not yet determined), and lodging / car / ... will be arranged for. But due to some unforseen changes, my colleagues won't be able to accompany me until 6 January. Who can help me and wants to show me the region during this period (incl. New year's eve)?

Grtz,
Maarten

+32 475 21 38 35
Skype: mdeneckere

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