South Africa

JC and Alicia travelled to Cape Town for the wedding of JC's good friend, Peter.
Afterwards they wandered about, hanging with penguins and drinking excellent wine.
(January 2006)

Hen the Traveler
Hen in Cape Town Hen at the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town with Table Mountain behind.	Hen with Lion Hen on Safari!	Hen with Ostriches Ostrich farms are big business near Oudtshoorn, South Africa.
Cape Town
Table Mountain A view of Table Mountain and Cape Town from Robben Island.	City Hall, Cape Town View of City Hall from the old fort, downtown Cape Town.	Nobel Peace Prize Winners Statue in Cape Town honoring Chief Luthuli, Archbishop Tutu, Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk.	Table Mountain II View of Table Mountain from Victoria & Alfred Port.
Cape of Good Hope JC & Alicia at the Cape of Good Hope, southern tip of Africa.	Lighthouse 2nd lighthouse at the Cape of Good Hope (1st one was too high).	Don't Feed the Baboons Indigenous to the Cape Town area, baboons are very aggressive.	Patrick Patrick served 20 years as a prisoner during apartheid at Robben Island.
Mandela's Cell Small cell #5 where Nelson Mandela spent 27 years on Robben Island.	Sea Lions Hanging out at Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town.
Penguins!
Penguins 2000 African Penguins live at Boulder's Bay outside Cape Town.	Two Penguins African Penguins mate for the season.	Waddle On Penguins are the cutest damn things to watch.	Robben Island Penguin They're everywhere!
Penguins Thousands of penguins on the beach of Robben Island.
Wine Country
Franschhoek One of the major wine centers of South Africa, former home of the Huguenots.	Cape Dutch Architecture Pervasive in South Africa, this style of architecture is recognized by the gables and thatched roofs.	Plaisir de Merle Old vineyard near Franschhoek. Expansive grounds and beautiful Cape Dutch buildings. Brilliant Sauvignon Blanc.	Franschhoek Church Cape Dutch church in Franschhoek.
Wilderness, South Africa
Outeniqua Choo Tjoe Old steam train that runs along Garden Route from George to Knysna.	Treetopping Gear-up Alicia prepares for treetopping excursion.	Tsitsikamma Treetopping JC sliding along rope in national park.	Treetopping in Motion Alicia sliding along cables in Tsitsikamma National Park.
Paragliding Gear-up JC preparing to embark on his paragliding trip.	Paragliding Alicia paragliding (tandem) over Wilderness, South Africa.	Fire! South African weather is very similar to southern California. Dry spells make fires all too commonplace.	Shanty Town Many people come to the cities looking for work and end up living in shanty towns.
Botlierskop Game Reserve
Botlierskop Game Reserve Botlierskop is Afrikaans for bottle top (cork), the shape of the rock on the left.	African Elephant	Waterbuck	Giraffe
Giraffe Leaning	Zebra	Impala Bachelor group of young males, including rare black impalas.	White Rhinocerous Four remaining at reserve. Previous year the other four perished in a fire.
Lion Saved from hunting party.	Dassies Dassies (or hyraxes) are local rodents, related to elephants (that's what they say!).