Cape of Good Hope
22 mars 2018, Afrique du Sud ⋅ 🌙 19 °C
Way down at the bottom of Africa. The sign says it all. The rest of the pictures are of the cape. The last picture includes Cape Fur Seals.
The Cape Light
22 mars 2018, Afrique du Sud ⋅ 🌙 18 °C
The lighthouse at the end of the Cape of Good Hope and scenic views from the light. The light sits on top of the mountain just back from the tip
Penguins!
22 mars 2018, Afrique du Sud ⋅ 🌙 18 °C
Boulder Beach at Simon's Town on the eastern shore of the cape peninsula has become home to a colony of jackass penguins (that is their name) for about 30 years now.
Botanical Garden, Cape Town
6 avril 2018, Afrique du Sud ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Nice Garden. The nice things here is the canopy walk where an elevated walkway weaves through the forest canopy. I hadn't seen that before.
Visiting the black townships
6 avril 2018, Afrique du Sud ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Under apartheid, townships were set up where blacks had to live. Those townships still exist. The pics are of a street scene, inside one of the hostels where people live, especially rural folks movingEn savoir plus
Tradouw Pass
6 avril 2018, Afrique du Sud ⋅ ⛅ -8 °C
East of Stellenbosch on the way across South Africa. Spectacular scenery with a cave with a small waterfall.
Cango Caves
6 avril 2018, Afrique du Sud ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Limestone caves first inhabited by th San People over a thousand years ago. The first pic is a diorama showing a bt about the. The rest are of formations in the cave.
A roadside Attraction
6 avril 2018, Afrique du Sud ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
This is a bar and cafe on a secondary road in the middle of nowhere. The name has nothing to do with the business except to draw people in. (Obviously, it worked.) The closest anything comes to theEn savoir plus
Ostrich Farm, Oudtshoorn
6 avril 2018, Afrique du Sud ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Elizabeth and Adam and Eve. No once could tell me which little ones were Cain and Able.
On the road to George
11 avril 2018, Afrique du Sud ⋅ 🌬 12 °C
Another stunning topographic feature. George is the beginning of the "Garden Route" along the southeast coast of South Africa. In the last picture, you see the Indian Ocean beyond the town of George
Wilderness
11 avril 2018, Afrique du Sud ⋅ 🌙 16 °C
First is the view over then wetland as I looked out my front door. Second is what seems to me to be an unusual duck. Then a look through the dunes and a view of the beach. And a look at the town ofEn savoir plus
Plettenberg Bay
11 avril 2018, Afrique du Sud ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Views of the bay and beach. There were a number of interesting sand sculpyures
Garden of Eden Bird Sanctuary
11 avril 2018, Afrique du Sud ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
One of the largest screen aviaries anywhere. We saw so much, I couldn't remember all the names. There is a pheasant, scarlet ibis, a tree of spoonbills and more. They say there are over 500 species ofEn savoir plus
Storms River Gorge
11 avril 2018, Afrique du Sud ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Geologic formation by erosion. Taken from the bridge over the gorge. For all you geology aficionados
Tsitsikama
11 avril 2018, Afrique du Sud ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Spectacular rocky coast. This park calls itself the garden of the garden route.
Addo Elephant Park
11 avril 2018, Afrique du Sud ⋅ 🌙 11 °C
Park set up for elephants, but has many more critters than that
Graaff-Reinet/Camdeboo
11 avril 2018, Afrique du Sud ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Aother of SA's national parks. In among the scenery is a picture of an old Leopard Tortoise.
Valley of Desolation
11 avril 2018, Afrique du Sud ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Another geologic formation, this one located within the Camdeboo Park. As you can see, there is a lot of interesting geology in South Africa
Malealea, Lesotho
12 avril 2018, Lesotho ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
A beautiful little town in a valley that is reachable only by very bad roads--one hour to go 6 kilometers. The road goes up through a pass and then down into the valley. There is a road sign that saysEn savoir plus
Malealea Lodge
12 avril 2018, Lesotho ⋅ 🌙 29 °C
We stayed here. One of the highlights is that local choirs sing and local bands play each night at the lodge. We were there 2 nights. 2 different choirs sang and 2 bands played. I do enjoy AfricanEn savoir plus
Malealea School
12 avril 2018, Lesotho ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Another example of educators making do. First i the school yard, followed by the school garden. The kids work the garden as a science project, and they eat what they grow. Then you see the schoolEn savoir plus
uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park
13 avril 2018, Afrique du Sud ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
This is both the Zulu and Afrikaans names for this park. Some of these pictures were taken in a drizzle, so they are not as clear as I would like. Some interesting geology. The second pic is of theEn savoir plus
Rock Art in uKhahlamba
13 avril 2018, Afrique du Sud ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Art of the San people, well over 1,000 years old.. The second picture, antelope, is actually engraved. Engraving are very rare, only a handful are known. The others are paintings. One is of an eland.En savoir plus
Madiba Capture Site
13 avril 2018, Afrique du Sud ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Madiba, Nelson Mandela, was captured here and sentenced to his long term in prison. The site is a memorial. It consists of 27 metal posts, one for each year Mandela spent in prison. And from oneEn savoir plus
Howick Falls
13 avril 2018, Afrique du Sud ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Views of the falls, down into the gorge and down river. This falls also creates a rainbow in its mist.















































































































































