Bhangazi Camp - South Africa - St. Lucia

Bhangazi Camp was in a national park @ St. Lucia about 2 hours north of Durban on the Coast.

And it was off the charts great!!!  Kinda like pork but better.  White meat.

Burchell's Coucal

Zebra

Vervet Monkey

If you look to the right of Alan you'll see some hippos beyond.  They were angry!!  Notice the assualt rifles.

The angry hippos.

Kudu bull.

Our lodge turn in.  

White Rhino...  This was fun because I was on foot.

Young bushbuck male.

Buffalo in sunset.  Felt pretty lucky to get this photo off.

Herd of female waterbuck.  Story is that these were the first animals on Noah's Ark
 because the paint wasn't dry on the toilet seats yet.

Nice Kudu bull.

Baby Zebra with mom.

Angry buffalo.

Curious Waterbuck bull.

Durban - South Africa

Flew from Cape Town to Durban.

Durban downtown and Harbor beyond.

Botha House - where we stayed.  Built for Presidents of South Africa's beach home.

Beach at Botha House - ginormous waves!

At beach in Durban looking back towards downtown.

Dinner at Tony Tomkinson's (guide and professional hunter) house.  Bill with Tony's dog, Alegro.

Alegro, cat , shannon and scott.

Witch Doctors remedies in Durban -  Huge market!

Cape Town - RSA

Spent the last three days in the Cape area.  Lots of great scenery, wine and seafood.  I also spent 36 hours in the fetal position after catching a stomach virus on the train!  Then everyone caught it... Whoops...

Cape of Good Hope beyond on Atlantic Ocean.

Cape Point with Indian Ocean and Atlantic Ocean beyond.

Cape Point with Indian and Atlantic oceans beyond.

You can see a bit of a road carved into the mountain.  Hence when my stomach virus began to kick in.

Sun rising over Indian Ocean in St. James and fishing boats @ harbor.

Harbor @ St. James and Indian Ocean.

Cape Town with Table Mountain Beyond.

One of the new Soccer Fields built for the 2010 World Cup in Cape Town.

Guineafowl

We recovered from the stomach bug and went straight to Groot Constantia Winery.    Sampling a little Shiraz!

Rovos Rail

Took the Rovos Rail from Joburg down to Cape Town.  Incredible!...

Shannon found another friend.

Boarding the old steam engine.

The rooms on the Rovos.

Dinner on the Rovos dining cart.

Celebrating Brooks 13th BDAY!

Flamingos along the route.

Stopped in Kimberly - RSA to see the diamond mines!  The Big Hole dug with shovels.

Picture of the Rovos Rail Cart.

The Card room.

Pictures of South Africa outside my window of train.

Shanty towns along the way.  Check out the mountains beyond!!

Air France and Johannesburg South Africa

Travel time...  Relaxing on Air France from Paris to Joburg, RSA.

Arriving @ lounge in Paris Airport.

Bar @ Air France watching USA woman put it on FRANCE!

Air France Lounge before flight.

Final Score USA 3 - 1...  and yes I rubbed it in on the french.

The Airbus.

Brooks had no problems sleeping.

Night shot of Joburg skyline from Westcliff Hotel South Africa.

Lunch @ the Westcliff - RSA

New Continent/country and new beer...  Castle Lager - RSA

Dinner @ Westcliff - Joburg boarding train tomorrow for Cape Town!