Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Robben Island


No, the first picture is not Robben Island. HA!!!

Due to bad weather and high seas, they did not make it to Robbin Island. Her big disappointment of the trip. But, nevertheless she did get a cool aerial shot of the actual island.


Saturday, February 23, 2008

Creatures of the night...



These creepee's are called fruit bats, or flying foxes because their faces resemble that of a fox. I guess they're found hanging all over the place in South Africa. They stopped for a quick road side lunch one day, sandwiches at a convenience place.

Some, including emma-neez chose to sit outside in a gazebo type structure (top picture), as they settled in to eat their scrumptious meals, one of the guides pointed to the roof of where they were sitting and said ....just to let you know that those creatures above our heads are fruit bats!!! I think she took the picture and escaped. She said they looked to be about a foot long, the wing span can measure from wing tip to wing tip about 4 - 5 feet.




Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Hot on the bus & Kruger National Park



She took this picture of herself to show exactly how uncomfortably hot she was. She said this day they were really hot on the bus, which was suppose to be air conditioned, but with 100 degree temperatures the A/C wasn't kicking in and the bus was moving so slow that there was no air circulation.

The second picture she named "giraffe lovers' and the bottom one she named 'mother and child reunion'. Both pictures were taken on their safari ride through Kruger National Park.



Saturday, February 16, 2008

See Emma Repel...




Well, this is her repelling down the side of a cliff that goes into the Indian Ocean!! She said it was pretty scary at first, but exciting too. I don't know if it scared the deodorant off of her as the website claims http://www.sealadventures.co.za/abseiling.htm but it looks pretty exhilarating.



Thursday, February 7, 2008

Reminiscing



Well, now that she's been back for a few weeks, she spends time reminsicing about her trip. She's missing the 80+ temps. In the bottom picture, the background is Cape Town.