Miscellaneous Fun in Africa

Some random sights along the way…..

Pretty pictures.

An abandoned sea turtle nest, discovered while we were cleaning up a little plastic on the beach….

A rollicking trip in a safari vehicle…. at high speed while the guide tries to find some big game!

A random encounter on a walk in the Drakensberg Mountain Midlands with a horse farm manager, pet pig and a couple of dogs…..

One of the nicest pigs, ever! (The dogs were awfully nice too…..)

An inquisitive goose and a millipede….

A unique overnight stay in a massive converted barn…. this is the entry hall.

We chose to sleep in the larger banquet hall beyond, bypassing the bedrooms for 12 upstairs in favor of a ”Christmas bed” on the floor in front of the only feeble source of heat…..

As the unofficial ambassador from Texas, Henry presented pins from our home state to worthy individuals, like this helicopter pilot who longs for a visit to the Lone Star State…

…. and a young woman in a bar in Durban wearing a NASA patch that caught our eye. She, too, dreams of coming to Texas some day…..

My first shoeshine ever… while I was actually wearing my boots!

In times of shortage, you take what you can get… in this case, cannabis-infused toothpaste, which is legal in South Africa and the only brand available at the resort where we stayed.

A supporter of local entrepreneurs, Henry bought five of these “butter avocados” at a highway tollbooth….. each the size of both my fists bunched together! We ate a couple and gave the rest away.

Finally, Henry and Ty contemplate the possibilities of trying to drive two large, fully-loaded 4X4 vehicles over this washed-out roadway on our way to Durban…..

Prudence prevailed….. we took a detour and actually reached our destination unscathed!

More later…..