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Professional Ziplining Picture of the First Zip

Traffic Light, really easy to miss when the US ones are over the street and these are to the side.

Natasha in front of the House

Kirstenbosch Botantical Gardens

More of Kirstenbosch

Me and my new best friend, a wood gorilla.

Which way is home?

VA Waterfront at dusk

Cable Car going up Table Mountain

Lions Head, Camps Bay, and Robben Island in the distance.

VA Waterfront, Cape Town, part of Devil's Peak

Atop Table Moutain

Me atop Table Mountain

Sunset behind Lions Head

Ostrich in my face.

Cape of Good Hope

Apparently this penguin has not seen the movie Happy Feet. I could not get it to dance!

Me in the aquarium!

Sandfish

Spider crabs. Larges crabs I've ever seen.

African penguins. Happy Feet dance!

African Penguin

Really old car

Bungee Jump Site

Lemur from Madagascar

Ready to zipline!

First zip!

Me and Shamel (orange shirt) taking a water break.

Zip lining pro!

Croc laying eggs

Sea Otters...I love them!

Napping White Lion

Such a hard life!

Me petting the cheetahs

Me petting tigers

Petting cheetah cubs!

Me petting cheetah cubs

Me riding an elephant!

Entrance to the Castle of Good Hope.

Inside the Castle of Good Hope

Canon pointed at the highway (previously the ocean, many kilometres of reclaimed land).

Republic of South Africa flag flying atop the Castle.

Entrance/Exit to the Castle from the courtyard

One of the arsenal stores, previously thought to be torture chamber.

I couldn't stop laughing, thinking of Brian Regan's comedy about whale noises.

Ocean Aminals part of the museum.

Ferry to Robben Island!

Tablecloth on Table Mountain.

Ship about to enter the harbour.

Murray's Harbour, Robben Island

Maximum security prison.

Inside a communal cell in D Block, tour guide was an ex-prisoner.

Ex-prisoner showing blown up version of ID. Mats on floor were beds until 1980 when bunk beds installed.

Fourth window from left, Nelson Mandela's cell for 18 years.

Nelson Mandela's cell for 18 years. Red can - toilet, mat - bed.

Leper Graveyard (leper colony on island before it was a prison)

Lime quarry where Mandela worked all day. Cave - where men at lunch and relieved themselves b/c they were not allowed to go on the grass or else they'd be shot in the head.

Village of 180 permanent residents.

School for the village children on the island.

Sabrina & Steph Starr getting friendly with the turkey.

Simone carving the turkey

David mashing potatoes.

Looks like Thanksgiving Outside, doesn't it? :)

Around the dinner table!

Me at the Artscape Theatre

Embo at Artscape Theatre

Embo at Artscape Theatre - Dancers

Embo at Artscape Theatre - Dancers

Winelands Drive to Franschhoek

Winelands drive

Winelands drive

Israel rocking out to Lionel Richie while driving

Drooling over the books

Inside the dome

Me looking throgh the Telescope at Venus

The observing chair

Best pic of the large scope - looking out at Venus

100+ year old cask, now holding port

White wine distillery

1947 Port still aging in this cask

On a Mandela monument outside the prison he was released from.

The beautiful winelands

So cute! The cheetah converancy also raises a few dogs.

The CCS-South Africa Staff

CSS Staff - Simone, she cooks wonderful meals (sun's a bit blinding!)

CCS Staff - Aunti Linda, housekeeping (she's short but she can make a bed quick!)

CCS Staff - Bongi and Nolundi (cooking and housekeeping)

CCS Staff - Nathalie (Afrikaans teacher) and Israel (driver)

Natasha (cook, housekeeping)

CCS Staff - Eric (security)

Everyone around the dinner table!

Christmas Eve Bonfire

Makin' smores without sticks!

Sarah Fox Children's Hosptial - the children love to have their picture taken.

Run, run! They loved playing outside.

They loved having their picture taken with me.

Human jungle gym!

Down the slide they go!

He's naughty, he lifted up her skirt as she climbed the ladder.

Playground of Sarah Fox.

Amazing gingerbread house, a gift from the Rotary Club.

She was attached to me for nearly an hour!

Our tree and gifts for our gift exchange.

The Arniston Hotel - Where we stayed!

My first look at the Indian Ocean

I love you! Miss you all

Saturday morning - the tide is rising

Struisbaai Harbour - yes, this is AFRICA!

Struisbaai - along the longest boardwalk in the Southern Hemisphere

Boardwalk picture 2

Along the boardwalk - Shamiel wanted to play photographer and had me pose.

Cape Agulhas Lighthouse

Climbing to the top of the lighthouse! 71 steps, all ladders like this.

View from the top! Very windy day and the height made it extremely windy at the top.

The extremely powerful light - can be seen for 30 nautical miles

Most southern point of Africa!

Chillin' at the Southern Point

Tretcherous, rocky coast = lots of shipwrecks - this one is 20 yrs old

Rocky shore where the two oceans meet (Indian and Atlantic)

BP pump in L'Agulhas

Jellyfish washed ashore by the waning tide

Leaving my footprints in Africa

South Africa 2008

Part of a jellyfish

Too intense for me to swim

Jellyfish, tidal pools, and the Indian Ocean

Why did the turtle cross the road? Ask him, I'm not a turtle mind reader.

Die Mond Nature Reserve

Feels like a different planet...very isolated, no one around for another km.

Nothing but nature's true beauty.

Die Mond Nature Reserve - bridge to cross to walking paths

Rosebank train station

St. Elmo's Pizzaway

The other side of Main St. - Rondebosch

I live at 3 Hermitage Ave., Rosebank.

My street! My house is the yellow one with the green gate.

CCS van that takes me to Scalabrini every day

Walk to the front door

Waiting for the train at Rosebank station

Inside the train, first class carriage

South African McDonald's

But some things are a bit different...

Quarter Pounder w/ cheese meal. Large size (did not finish it, but wanted a “large” drink)

South African Rand (divide number on bill by 10 to get US equivialant)

Elephants playing in the sand (trunk made the sandstorm).

Some kind of antelope

Some kind of antelope

Springbok - so adorable, SA national animal, like a deer

Zebra strips are unique, like fingerprints

Rhino - he's hiding because the helicopter was too loud for him.

Aquila Nature Reserve

Aquila Game Reserve

Aquila Game Reserve

Some kind of antelope

Lazy Saturday - female lion

They're watching us!

Is that really comfortable?

Raise your paw if your comfy

Aquila Game Reserve

Saying hi to us

Aquila Game Reserve

Aquila Game Reserve

Aquila Game Reserve

Aquila Game Reserve

South African countryside

The Southern sky (the most clouds I've seen in one day, but beautiful blue behind them)

Beautiful South African in the winelands (excuse the wire)

The mountains and winelands of South Africa

Cape Town Harbour in the distance

Downtown Cape Town

Kathy and Greg at Nyoni's Kraal dinner

Jenny and I at Nyoni's Kraal

Scalabrini, view 2 (four story building)

The top of Scalabrin's building

Commerical Street, our building the whole cream one.

Other side of Commerical Street.

Our sign above the door

Rhabia (she's not paying attention)

Fazel scooping food out of the pot

Aly (not paying attention to me!)

Ferroza (Rhabia's daughter)

John Deere is even in rural South Africa!

On our tractor ride around the area

Beautiful open land

Rock paintings (in the style of the San paintings, but not painted by the San)

The Homebase where I've been living! Kidding!

Dinner. But not mine.

View from the EHD at Scalabrini

Desire being funny!

Me, Bongi, and Natasha

Sidewalk around the house

Clive modeling for me.

Sergio, Desire and Me

Cape Town Harbour

Downtown Cape Town

Me and Aunti Linda

Robben Island from the plane window

Sunset over the Atlantic, somewhere off the coast of Namibia

Chipo, a friend, and Monica

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