Port St. John's, Wild Coast, Republic of South Africa
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| Lucky to find a toilet while traveling... |
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| Finally arrived at our lovely cabin, in the dark... Happy to find a real bathtub, with real running hot water! |
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| Happy Shane, coming down the stairs in our cabin |
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| The "outdoor" shower/bathroom |
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| The sunrise view, first morning... |
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| Carol, with her cup of Starbucks VIA, watching the sunrise |
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| You can see the cabin from here, it is the big one at the top:-) |
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| The view from our porch! |
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| Arggg matey... the empty cabins next door |
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| Shane and another traveler picking up glass during our walk on the beach |
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| Cows, sunbathing |
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| 3rd beach |
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| Shane walking on 3rd beach |
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| The rocks on 3rd beach, please note the big one in the distance... |
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| Cool and big grasshopper |
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| I love the tide pools! |
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| Natural flower arrangement! |
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| Plants are crazy... how is this growing? |
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| Did you remember that big rock from the photo above? - this is on top... Carol kept looking back to see if the waves were about to sweep us off! |
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| Here it is... also on top of that rock |
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| Different pose, different rock, but cool arch thing! |
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| Good restaurant! |
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| We saw monkeys there - and in the foreground is a papaya tree. |
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| Pointsettia - TREE! |
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| Table with a view... |
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| The view from our table... amazing! |
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The food... fresh fish, prawns, "chips," salad, feta and olives... also amazing!
To get ready for our day with Offshore Africa... and the whales and dolphins!
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| A lovely, successful day at sea - and we even made it through the rough water, even if we all got drenched! |
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| Getting supper from the sea... |
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| What is in that pot!? |
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| YUM... with real butter! |
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| Reusing old tires... truckbed liner |
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| "Taxi" home, there were 12 people and a lot of bags, Shane couldn't sit up straight! |
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| Beautiful sunset at home - made it just in time! |
Sehlabatebe National Park, Lesotho
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| Sesotho Doctor (Ngaka oa Sesotho) practices traditional healing methods such as herbal remedies - Munchkin fans, you can see a few chicken feathers coming from her hat - Chicken on her head! |
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| Friday hike, you can see the mountains of the park in the distant background |
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| Weaver bird nests |
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| Ready to go! |
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| More mountain views, with the cluster of buildings that is a beautiful new environmental center that hasn't opened yet (the foreground is actually a severe ridge that drops off steeply but I don't think you can really tell in this photo) |
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| Dining room of the lodge - fancy! |
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| Lounging at the lodge |
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| The Prime Ministers room (now you can rent it for R150 pp/night) - a good deal because it is fancy... |
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| The front of the lodge |
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| Us, with more beautiful scenery |
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| Not the lodge - a "Cave house" not lived in anymore |
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| Our adventurous host on top on the giant rock formations |
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| Cool water plant |
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| Shane keeps making me do these:-) |
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| The four of us practicing with the auto timer |
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| One of the trademark arches of the park |
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| Reebok |
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| The overhang with the paintings. You can see they aren't very well preserved and between the sandstone eroding and the water and even smoke damage - it doesn't seem that these will last long |
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| Bushman hunting eland |
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| Shane waiting for the bus to be fixed - hour 2 |
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| Other people waiting for the bus to be fixed - hour 4 |
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| We are saved! By another bus. |
Malealea Lodge, Lesotho
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| The band - with great dancing and traditional instruments made from "found" materials |
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| I really should be submitting some of these to a calender somewhere |
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| Just another nice view of field and mountains courtesy of Lesotho |
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| Going on a hike with other PCVs |
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| Look! Its fall! First time seeing the red leaves |
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| This guy, a herd boy with his dogs, walked with us playing his "guitar" for a while |
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| Awww |
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| Brrrrr! |
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 Our first room - made in traditional "Basotho hut" style |
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| Our upgrade, with a beautiful view and our own bathroom (with a hot shower! and double bed!) |
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| Couldn't help it! |
