Out of Africa and Into Pictures
Lindsay and Angela, John and Janis, bread-stealing baboons and headless giraffes. From Little Switzerland to Umhlanga to Cape Town, Muizenberg and McGregor, here’s a smattering of photos from Dave and Susan’s 3 week trip to South Africa. To see al…
Blizzards, Earthquakes and now …
Denville (New Jersey, USA) deals with floods. Photos from David, who says his house is wet. Argh!
South Africa Update: Photos at last!
Just a few photos from Susan’s mobile phone … thank goodness she told me that too, I thought they were from her new camera (that I recommended!).
South Africa Update: At the Roxy
Shortly after I posted yesterday I had a phone call from our intrepid explorers. They were sounding quite happy (and slightly tipsy) having just flown in to Cape Town and were settling into a “beautiful and ultra modern apartment” that John owns i…
South Africa Update: “Just when you thought it was safe …”
That’s right, there was no update yesterday as all I got was “Dad shopping, Susan golfing.” No, wait, I have that backwards. My reply was to go back to sleep. But today is a different story. Dad and Susan flew from Durban to Cape Town to meet up w…
South Africa Update: Holy Flying Cockroaches Batman!
I’m going to let Susan tell her story. This is what she messaged me this morning: “When two inch flying cockroach enters rented cottage, lands on wall, then sprayed by Angela, goes into frenzy, catipultes onto Susan, flicked onto Lindsay ??? Susan h…
South Africa Update: On Safari
While I was sleeping, Susan was texting me the following: “Yesterday saw new Durban football stadium for World Cup. Has huge arch with train car that goes to top. You can bungee jump from (the) arch. On the road now going to safari. Driving throug…
South Africa Update: Sugar Coast
Umhlanga (which Susan says is “pronounced umm shlon ga – no lie!”), meaning place of reeds in Zulu, is a resort town just north of Durban in an area known as the Sugar Coast … y’know, for those who don’t know this already. This is where our intr…
South Africa Update: Rump Strips
Word today is that Dad has lost his mind (must be the heat, no?). He has been eating and drinking things far from his usual meat, potatoes and beer. Who knows how long this might last. Next thing we’ll hear is that he loves pasta, cheese and garli…
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