Sunday, 13 November 2011

Penguins at Rocky Point - a few (very few, there were a lot!) of the residents.

At Cape Agulas - the most southern point of Africa - will we get tothe most northern?  Where is that anyway?

Addo elephant

The cooks (and dancers) at Coffee Bay.

The round house which was where dinner was served.  Bring it on!

Fyn-something or other - the South African flower.
We are sitting in our campground reception tapping away at the computer - whic is about 8 inches too high - this entry will be brief!  We have been pretty busy so I'll just cover the more memorable bits.  Our first semi-major glitch has happened as our truck is at present having the brakes repaired.  Should be good to go tomorrow, other wise, as Nancy Sinatra said, "start walkin'".  Addo Elephant Reserve was outstanding.  We went on a couple of game drives but the est bit was the blind about 80 meters from our tent where we could watch a steady procession of elephants arrive at the water hole.  Highlights would include a stately (and enormous) old bull (drove off a young male "not ready yet dude"), several mothers and young to very young babies, and a fairly young male who took offense to a bird and tried to drive it off (to no avail).  The elephant put considerable effort into trying to swat the bird with his trunk.  No luck. 

Tsitsikamma Coastal Park was perched right on the edge of the sea, with large rollers crashing on the rocks.  What really made that special was when night fell, each roller was lite up by an erie green glow, that would run along the wave as it broke. 

6 comments:

  1. Elephants! Ohhhhhh I am way too jealous. So are you going to take surfing lessons??? I think you should.

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  2. By the way the big news in the States (seriously, it's all over the news) is that there are these two gay penguins at a zoo that they are going to separate. Just want to keep you in the loop on important penguin news.

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  3. They look more like cooks than dancers, but then I didn't eat the meal.

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  4. Love the penguins. You two look wonderful. Love the blog!
    Heather

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  5. Elephants and penguins and a beautiful ocean view - WOW! Keep those photos coming!
    Love, Kathy

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