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Africa Day Eleven: Cape Point And Capetown: Botanical Gardens And Penguins!!!!! It Doesn’t Get Better Than This.

After lunch we headed north, now along the eastern shore of the Cape Peninsula, admiring the spectacular views of the ocean along the way.  When we saw this sign we knew we were nearing our destination, Boulder Beach, home of a colony of African or ‘jackass penguins’. These penguins are they only species that live on…

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Africa Day Eleven: A Morning Walk In Capetown And A Ride Along The Coast To The Cape Of Good Hope.

I awoke the next day  early for the second time in South Africa. This time, however,  I had time to head outside and do some sightseeing before we began our tours. . I left the charming Underberg  House  in the morning twilight. Not having a map,  I decided to head in the direction where we had…

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Africa Day Ten. Farewell To Zimbabwe, A Quick Tour Of Livingston, Zambia, And Off To Capetown, South Africa

I awoke early on my last day at the Victoria Falls Safari Lodge, hoping to catch another African sunrise and to explore the grounds of the lodge. I ran into a couple who were also looking for the sunrise and we asked a groundskeeper we met who showed us a clear view of the rising…

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Africa Day Nine: Botswana: More Wildlife In Chobe National Park

After returning from our cruise on the Chobe River, we had a nice lunch at the Chobe Safari Lodge and I had a few minutes to relax a bit.  We were soon off to the Chobe National Park for a safari through another area  known for it’s high concentration of wildlife. And it didn’t take…

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Africa Day Nine: Botswana: A Cruise On The Chobe River And Lots And Lots Of Elephants

Well if you like elephants, you should enjoy this post. We again had an early start, and I had  a few moments to catch the setting moon from the observation deck while I had a quick cup of coffee before breakfast was served.  After a nice breakfast, I loved the freshly made pancakes, we were…

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Turtles In November? A Warm And Sunny November Day At The PPL Wetlands.

We  had a Spring-like day here  today in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Temperatures neared 70 degrees with abundant,  but weak,  late Fall sunshine. I headed to one of my favorite hiking areas, the PPL Wetlands and Riverlands. The temperature was warm but there is no mistaking it is late Fall, as almost all of the trees have…

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Africa Day Eight: Across, And Under, The Bridge To Zambia, Voracious Vultures And An Elephant Ride.

Even  though we had another long, but adventure filled day ahead of us, I was still up early hoping to capture an African sunrise from the grounds of the Victoria Falls Safari Lodge. It took a while to find a good observation spot but I finally did.It’s always nice to see a sunrise but even…

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Africa Day Seven: Zimbabwe ; Mosi-oa-tunya or Victoria Falls And A Cruise On The Zambezi River

It was a short stay in  Johannesburg, South Africa.  No  time for sightseeing.  We had an early flight,  so a nice breakfast,  a quick ride to the airport, a smooth clearance through security and boarding,  and we were off to Zimbabwe.  We landed  at  the Victoria Falls airport and soon were on our way to…

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Africa Day Six: Birds, Travel, Horrors And A Short Stay In Johannesburg .

I woke up early again the day after our memorable encounter with the mountain gorilla,  and again found  the air cool but the skies mostly clear. We were lucky on our visit, since these mountains get a lot of rain this time of year.  A few of our group had arranged for an early birding…

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Africa Day Five: Volcano National Park Rwanda: A Memorable Close Encounter With Mountain Gorillas.

On the day of our gorilla trek, we had to be up early  for our  adventure but I got some much needed sleep   in the cozy, but chilly, cabin.  I awoke  excited with the hope of encountering   some of our   endangered cousins, the mountain gorillas found only in these forested  mountain areas…

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