Saturday, August 4, 2012

Mixed Bag July 20th- 30th



We have have had a mixed bag of activities in the last couple of weeks. 

The church I go to organised a South African evening of dance and food. We haven't been able to find a lot in the way of native music or food so we happily went along. It was a great evening. The food was interresting. I am afraid I didn't try the tripe  Several of the other dishes were interesting. The one I enjoyed the most was pumpkin leaves and minced peanuts!

We had another day in Kruger Park. It is always great fun to see such an array of animals wandering around and people caged up in their cars. There are many more impalas in the park than any other animal but they some of my favourites. They are very beautiful and so graceful.

The last Sunday we went to the Sudwala caves which are close by. They are the oldest known caves, to man, in the world. They we big and  very impressive but because they do not have glowworms or a river running through them they  are not as beautiful as Waitomo caves.

We are enjoying watching the Olympic games. We get good coverage and I have managed to see quite a lot of the Kiwis in action.

This Saturday we will go to a local sport restaurant for breakfast and watch the final of the super 15 rugby, Chiefs play Sharks.   It will interesting in a South African atmosphere!



Dancers at the church dinner

Impala twins, stunning.

Our first close up rhino.

Didn't think we would find squirrels in Kruger but we were wrong!

Stromatolites in the Sudwala caves. For more infor on them google http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stromatolite

Stalactite/mite formation-"The teeth"

A huge cavern, note how tiny the people look in the light part of the carven.

1 comment:

  1. Wow! those caves are amazing! How was watching the Chiefs win infront of all those South Africans? :)

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