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Shelley Point - views 1 Feb 2012 | 12:03 am
We stayed at Oystercatcher Lodge at Shelly Point in the Western Cape area of South Africa for a couple of nights. The room had a wonderful view of the ocean from the bed. (Remember to click on the ima...
Shelley Point - Oystercatcher Lodge 31 Jan 2012 | 12:30 am
View from the road leading the Oystercatcher Lodge. The lodge has six rooms, two of them on the lower level (not seen), four on the middle level together with the eating and lounge areas, as well as t...
Shelley Point - Vasco da Gama 31 Jan 2012 | 12:23 am
Vasco da Gama landed at St Helena Bay on the way to India in 1497 (more here). A memorial to him is erected in the middle of the resort/village.
Shelley Point - ocean front views 31 Jan 2012 | 12:17 am
The tide was low, and we walked along the beach and over the rocks.
Shelley Point - houses 31 Jan 2012 | 12:07 am
All the houses in the area, an exclusive golf-club resort, were white-washed. Many of them also had thatched roofs. All of them had a 'braai' (barbeque), hence the chimney with every house. The hotel...
Mabalingwe Game Reserve - birds 27 Jan 2012 | 09:20 am
This weaver bird nest is made by the males in 6 to 8 days. He then gets a female to inspect it; if it meets her approval she occupies it. A female ostrich - one of the flock grazing alongside the roa...
Mabalingwe Game Reserve - rhino 27 Jan 2012 | 09:08 am
The view when we came around a corner. The reserve has 13 'white' rhino (white is a derivation of the Dutch word for wide, referring to their mouth), and we saw 6 of them together. One of them was a y...
Mabalingwe Game Reserve - the animals 20 Jan 2012 | 08:58 am
There were quite a few zebra in the reserve. Hard to get a photo of them, and most animals are side on - often we saw just backsides. The monkeys (Vervet Monkeys, Blauw Aap) hung around where people ...
Mabalingwe Game Reserve - the lions 20 Jan 2012 | 06:46 am
Click on picture for a bigger image. The park has two white lions. These are no different to normal lions, but a genetic variation. The lion arrived soon after the food was put out. When he left afte...
Mabalingwe Game Reserve - the environment 20 Jan 2012 | 06:37 am
Click on the picture for a bigger image. A view of the park from the lion viewing platform. The bush was very lush at this time of the year, making viewing the animals very difficult at times. Half o...
