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The Dirkster as we are leaving on our African Safari.
My brother Myke "courier'ed" him up to Salt Lake City for us where my
brother Kris kept good care of him for the two weeks we are gone. |
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And upon return from our African Safari - suffice to say that Dirk was QUITE happy to see his Mommy and Daddy. |
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Cape Town, South Africa at the end of a 13+ hour flight ... and 42 hours after leaving Denver - we missed this flight the day earlier by about 10 minutes - unfortunately, there is only one flight/day ... |
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Wendy does her Kate Winslett (ala Titanic) imitation on top of Table Mountain (see picture above) overlooking CapeTown, South Africa. |
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The view from one of the 6-seat charter airplanes that transported us from camp to camp in Botswana and Zimbabwe - that's Wendy on the right. |
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A 5 Legged Elephant! ;-) |
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The "classic" Elephant Mock (you hope!) Charge picture. |
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Elephants at Sunset - another classic picture. |
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And then Alek & Wendy jump in the picture with a toast! |
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A nice place to view the wildlife from ... and at! ;-) |
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If this guy wants to smoke, I'd let 'em ... |
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And if Mr. Lion wants to do this too, I'm not saying "no" either ... ;-) |
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Lilac Breasted Roller ... this bird is about 3" high ... so I was pretty happy to end up with a pretty close shot that demonstrates some of the color on this bird. |
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Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, Africa in high water (over a mile long) |
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At Victoria Falls, we meet up with Bryan and Julie (who are BICYCLING from Turkey to Cape Town). Eric and Kate are some fellow bikers they had met in town. Note that this was Julie's birthday ... we didn't have a cake, but Alek did "create" a candle on the wine cork later on for her! |
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From the flight deck of the South African Airlines 747 as we
cross the equator on the way back from our African Safari - note the
altitude of 39,000 feet and heading of 333. This
specific 747-400, named after the city of Durban, was the
first 747-400 in SAA's fleet, and my dad (who worked for Boeing) flew it over
on its delivery flight a few years earlier - small world! ;-) |
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A picture from another African Safari - probably best NOT to cut in front of the checkin line on this guy |
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A few years later (at Grandma's house), "The Boy's" show they are ready for their African Safari! |