Greetings from Africa!
Miri, Lauren, and I just completed a 2-week whirlwind tour of South Africa and Swaziland. We spent a few days in Cape Town and spent the rest of our time in nature parks trying to avoid being eaten by the wildlife and car-size potholes.
We self-safaried and could only get out of the car in special electrical fenced-in areas since there were big cats roaming and humans are on the menu.
We saw rhinos, leopards, lions, hyenas, giraffes, wildebeest, hippos, water buffalo, penguin, elephants, countless birds, and more antelope than you can shake a stick at!
It has always been a dream to see these wild majestic creatures in their own habitat and was icing on the cake to share it with such wonderful company.
Miri and Lauren flew out this morning and tomorrow I'm flying to Zanzibar, Tanzania.
We saw rhinos, leopards, lions, hyenas, giraffes, wildebeest, hippos, water buffalo, penguin, elephants, countless birds, and more antelope than you can shake a stick at!It has always been a dream to see these wild majestic creatures in their own habitat and was icing on the cake to share it with such wonderful company.
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| Team building sunset beach bender our first night together in Lagoon Bay, Capetown. |
We were frequently in tents, sometimes without electricity, but for some reason, we always had a delicious South African wine on hand.
Let me know if you ever plan to visit this area because I have lots of advice and about 2,000 more pictures to share.
Looking forward to hearing from you! Tony
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| Hiking in Saziland on a rare animal park without big cats. We could enjoy a walkabout with only the crocs and hippos to fear |
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| Turns out that hippos are more likely to kill you than a big cat in the wild. A large bull can split a 20 foot crocodile in half in a single bite! |
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| Totally stole this photo. Sorry Miri, I could not resist posting your monkey baby pic! |
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| Lion King was a total smear campaign! Hyenas are actually quite cute in person and after 4 days of safari, it is very debatable who smelled better! |
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| We were too late in the day to scale Capetown's table mountain from the base, so we took a gondola to the 1,085 meter mark and hiked around the top all afternoon. |
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| What has 2 thumbs and loves being surrounded by countless penguin .... this guy! |
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| Thanks Miri for revving the engine to have this towering fella lift his head to say hi. |
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| I could never tell the difference between Spring Bok or Impalla, so let's settle on antelope with herds that could be in the hundreds lounging on the side of the road. |
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| Why yes I will have my morning coffee next to a watering hole teeming with rhinos. |
