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16-Jan-14 Thornybush lions

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There were three female lions and quite separately, the male of the pride

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15-18 Jan-14 Thornybush Game Reserve

Termite Mound in Thornybush Game Reserve

Our tracker, July, is showing the size of the termite mound.

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13-15 Jan 2014 Rovos Rail across South Aftica

We boarded the Rovos Rail train in Cape Town and traveled on it for two nights to Pretoria

The handsome one is ready for dinner on Rovos Rail

Evening requires a little dressing up.

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12-Jan-14 South African penguins

African penguins (3-5 kg each) near Simon’s Town, a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.

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12-Jan-14 Capes of South Africa

Cape Point, one of the most southern-most points of Africa

Cape Point, not the most southern-most point and not the point where the Atlantic and Indian Oceans meet (contrary to public opinion)

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11-Jan-14 Robben Island, Cape Town

Nelson Mandela’s cell on Robben Island, Cape Town

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10-Jan-14 Cape Town S Africa, Mount Nelson Hotel

One of three “Wild Dogs” in Mount Nelson Hotel Summer of Sculpture2. One of the lovely whimsical sculptures in this wonderful exhibit.

View from our hotel window of garden in Mount Nelson Hotel, Cape Town

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08 Jan 2014 SFO to Cape Town S Africa

This was the start of a Cal/AHI tour to South Africa, begining in Cape Town and ending in Johannesburg. We left on 8-Jan-2014 and returned on 22-Jan. The flight to Cape Town went through Dulles (Washington DC) and Munich Germany, where we had a room for the 10-hour lay-over, and then an 11 hour flight to Cape Town.