On Nov. 3 I went on holidays. My second time to South Africa in as many years! Flying on Aeroplan Points Myself and another priest travelled to Cape Town via Washington D.C., and Johannesburg on United Airlines and South African Airlines. The SAA plane stopped in Accra to change crew, refuel, and take on some passengers. We were joined in Cape Town by some other travelling companions who took different airlines. There were 9 of in total.
We visited 4 different areas - all within South Africa:
Cape Town, Durban, Drakensburg Mountains, and Hluhluwe-Imfalozi Game reserve & St. Lucia Estuary.
I will post Pictures in the order of the trip...
So first are Cape Town - a wonderful and delightfully safe city to visit! There was bright Sunshine, but cooler temperatures - the low 20's for much of our time there.
Cape Town is famous for "Table Mountain" and here we can see the "Table Cloth" - the white cloud - beginning to form.
Capetown is also famous for its big Bay - and the beautiful Waterfront area - Some pictures from our walks around the waterfront:
They were already getting primed for Christmas decorations.
These Statues are in an area called Nobel Square - where the 4 Nobel Peace Prize winners from South Africa are represented:
Nkosi Albert Luthuli, Archbishop Desmund Tutu, F.W. De Klerk, and Nelson Mandela.
This is a Dassie - a small rodent like creature which has similar DNA to an Elephant! This guy was on Table Mountain - near the food shop!
This is a delightful street in the area just south of the Bay - a colourful community!
We went on a wine tour to the Constancia Region - very close to Capetown - think Oakville to Toronto! We had lunch at The Steenberg winery. Outside one of the wineries was a field with Poppies - and it was just before Remembrance Day.
Sorry for the delay in posting these!
Peace
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