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…
OZ: Linda and John take a break …
In Australia, seen here in Port Macquarie and nearby Flynns Beach.
South Africa Update: Cheerio, Cheerio, Cheerio!
Well, the three week South African adventure came to a close for Dad and Susan today. They are in the air now on the first of 6 steps ??? it will be a heck of a journey back too. Here’s how it breaks down: 1/2 hour to the airport from Muizenberg to …
the grandkids
Hi , thought I had sent you this one, don’t know about the colouring, was Gordons camera. I didn’t even know till the other night that I could do delay setting on my camera, Greig just sat it up & hey presto hahaha modern tech, is not really my th…
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: 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: Baboons in the House
Susan messaged me in the very wee hours last night (for me 3 am, 10 am for her) ??? they had stayed in the mountains overnight on their way to Kloof and had an early morning visitor in the house, in the form of a hungry baboon. Said baboon apparentl…