Monday, April 21, 2008

On our way to Cape Town

Yeah...the pictures worked!!! Enjoy them. Karen and Ted An Ostrich for which Oudshoorn is famous

Working our way up Swartberg Pass
Made it to the top!!
Working our way down Swartberg Pass
Nice road, eh!!
Full moon in the southern hemisphere


along the Garden route
Ted and his Toyota Yaris
still Swartberg Pass
another windy stretch of road
self portrait Mark...no need for a baboon!!



enjoy a cool one at our safari tent at Hluhluwe park
lions waiting for us to leave so they can cross
lion cub part of this pride of 6
our accomodations outside Durbin
who's that animal in red???





part of a herd of elephants crossing the road





our diggs in Swaziland-Gary!!!
view from Overwin Country Lodge in Ubombo
another safari tent shot in Hluhluwe park

the end of the herd






Buffalo during our morning buh walk
Thank God someone has a gun!!
a lion cub searching for mom on our evening drive
think this is a picture of rocks???
our diggs at Berg-en-dal in Kruger National park







giraffes in Kruger
zebras in Kruger
Ted in Kruger
a picture for Kim
a hyenna on our night drive








pretty cool, eh??









We are in Swellendam at the moment. We spent last night in Oudshoorn and explored that area in the drizzle as well. We spent most of the day travelling thru the Swartberg Pass which reaches a height of 1600 m (about 5000 ft) and is quite an engineering feat. The roads wind and turn thru the mountains with rock walls put up at each curve. How they managed this is anyones guess. Today we'll hang out here and enjoy the sunshine. I want to try and d/l the pictures again. Had to find a place with working internet so Ted has gone to get the car. Some shady character was hanging around it anyhow so I'm sure Ted's glad to move it. This is a one street town so I don't think anything would happen during the day but one never knows here. Here goes thepicture trying.

4 comments:

Judy and Rick's Excellent Adventures said...

Fantastic pictures of the animals not Ted either! A Yaris - wow!

Anonymous said...

Great pictures. Keep up the good work.

Anonymous said...

now i am really envious some really good shots and the digs look pretty cool too, i am going to share these with the guys at work. enjoy love zelda

Anonymous said...

Finally a close up. How was the beer, although I've never met a beer I didn't like. Did they know who the Habs were? The tent looked pretty cool. Nice pics. have a safe trip home.