Jan-14 Thornybush Big Fives – White Rhino, Rare Black Rhino, Elephant, and Cape Buffalo

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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 PretoriaRovos Rail

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Evening requires a little dressing up.

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12-Jan-14 South African penguins

Our new friends

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

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.

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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.

Visitor to exhibit of Japanese toys at the San Francisco Airport

exhibit of Japanese toys at the San Francisco Airport

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Something to make the walk to the gate interesting.

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02 Jan 2014 Asilomar Beach

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We were at Asilomar for the Año Nuevo retreat.  We stopped at the beach on the way home. Lots of surfers out and some pretty good waves.

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