Intelligence officer and his escort crossed the vlei, which is the principal outlying feature of that typical little South African township.    From Wordnik.com.  [On the Heels of De Wet] Reference

· Taking a hike into the desert to see Hiddenvlei (note: a "vlei" is a dried out area that used to hold water).    From Wordnik.com.  [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference

When, for instance, we camped near a vlei, and the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference

There was a vlei, too, which many circumvented, but we swam, and this helped our lead.    From Wordnik.com.  [Prester John] Reference

The vlei itself is a large shallow hollow that fills with water during the infrequent rains.    From Wordnik.com.  [Namib desert] Reference

Thomas 'merc smashed into the side of the kombi which did not stop and sped off down the Breakfast-vlei gravel road.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

De Hoop reserve along the coast which includes a Ramsar-designated coastal vlei (seasonal lake) has 260 bird species.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cape Floral Protected Areas, South Africa] Reference

The collision happened at 9. 30am at the Breakfast-vlei junction while Thomas was being driven from Port Elizabeth to King William's.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Signs were not wanting that the season had been exceptionally dry, for the vlei had at one time been of large extent, and now nothing but the one small pool remained.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari Seven Tales of South-West Africa] Reference

Subsequently, a wetland near the Southern-most point was named after the Zoetendal and it is envisaged that this vlei will be incorporated into the proposed national park.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

A mile further on we came into the smiling green vlei.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales] Reference

'So we set off and walked along the vlei back to the King's wagons.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Red True Story Book] Reference

He had by now a goodly herd feeding in a green vlei near the border.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales] Reference

The margin of the vlei was very muddy, so, placing my rifle against a tree.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer] Reference

The sportsmen took their stations around the margins of a large, sinuous vlei.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer] Reference

Afterwards he explained, when we were making up for lost time along the big vlei.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales] Reference

The liquor remaining in the pannikin was just the color of milkless coffee made with vlei water.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer] Reference

'Wilson came to me and said, "Burnham, can you follow back along the vlei where we've just come?".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Red True Story Book] Reference

At last, nearly at the other end of the vlei, having passed five sets of scherms, we came upon what seemed to be the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Red True Story Book] Reference

We took an evening game drive to a vlei where the waterhole was dominated by quarrelsome baboons surrounded by palm trees.    From Wordnik.com.  [News] Reference

Our first outspan was in the valley of the Zwartkops River, close to a big vlei, which was surrounded by dense, scrubby jungle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer] Reference

Retreating into the vlei in front of the King's camp, we stood calling and cooeying for them, long and low at first, then louder.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Red True Story Book] Reference

We skirted the vlei to our left, got round the end of it, and at once rode through a lot of scherms containing hundreds of people.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Red True Story Book] Reference

We climbed to the top of a dune overlooking the vlei - dead trees trapped in a pan of clay, which apparently floods every 10 years.    From Wordnik.com.  [TravelPod.com Recent Updates] Reference

So it was decided to work down into the vlei, creep along close to the other edge of it to the end we first came round, farthest from the King's camp, and there spend the night.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Red True Story Book] Reference

1975: De Hoop vlei designated a Ramsar site, expanded in 1986.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cape Floral Protected Areas, South Africa] Reference

If they cut off water, we will use the vlei.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

It winds through a vlei towards the town.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales] Reference