DURING THE 38 HOUR TRIP HOME I READ ALL THE HISTORY PAPERS ON MANDELA AND THE RESPONSES FROM WORLD LEADERS AND CELEBRITIES WAS SO OVERPOWERINGLY POSITIVE I DECIDED TO RECORD....IN BREVITY.
EXUDED DECENCY
FINE PARTNER
GRACIOUS GENROSITY
SOCIALLY JUST
TRUE COMPATRIOT
ELOQUENTLY CLASSY
EXTRAORDINARILY INSPIRING
REDEFINED LEADERSHIP
COURAGEOUSLY HONORABLE
TAUGHT HUMANITY
HAD PARENTIAL RECTITUDE
APPRECIATED SIMPLICITY
GOOD LISTNER
POLITE TO A FAULT
CONSIDERATE OF REPORTERS
UNIQUE MIXTURE OF HUMILITY COMPASSION AND INTERGRITY
OPEN TO PERSUASSION
UNBREAKABLE WILL
UNWAVERING INTERGRITY
A BINDING HUMILITY
COURAGE
FORESIGHT
COMPASSION
CALMNESS
DIPLOCACY
PATIENCE
TOLERANCE
MAGNAMINITY
DISCIPLINE
LOYALITY
ALL THIS FROM DOZENS OF WORLD CLASS SOURCES....HOW WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS LIST OF THINGS SAID ABOUT YOU IN PASSING ?
EXUDED DECENCY
FINE PARTNER
GRACIOUS GENROSITY
SOCIALLY JUST
TRUE COMPATRIOT
ELOQUENTLY CLASSY
EXTRAORDINARILY INSPIRING
REDEFINED LEADERSHIP
COURAGEOUSLY HONORABLE
TAUGHT HUMANITY
HAD PARENTIAL RECTITUDE
APPRECIATED SIMPLICITY
GOOD LISTNER
POLITE TO A FAULT
CONSIDERATE OF REPORTERS
UNIQUE MIXTURE OF HUMILITY COMPASSION AND INTERGRITY
OPEN TO PERSUASSION
UNBREAKABLE WILL
UNWAVERING INTERGRITY
A BINDING HUMILITY
COURAGE
FORESIGHT
COMPASSION
CALMNESS
DIPLOCACY
PATIENCE
TOLERANCE
MAGNAMINITY
DISCIPLINE
LOYALITY
ALL THIS FROM DOZENS OF WORLD CLASS SOURCES....HOW WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS LIST OF THINGS SAID ABOUT YOU IN PASSING ?
8 DEC 2013...
CAPETOWN AND OFF TO THE USA
.sunday morning FOOTBALL SCORES IN...10 AM IN CAPETOWN...TO AIRPORT AT 11 FLY AT 2 WASHINGTON DC CHICAGO GARY TURNER
CAPETOWN AND OFF TO THE USA
.sunday morning FOOTBALL SCORES IN...10 AM IN CAPETOWN...TO AIRPORT AT 11 FLY AT 2 WASHINGTON DC CHICAGO GARY TURNER
TRY THIS TRIP .....CAPETOWN 1417 TO JOHANSBURGH 1612 AIR 1.55
GROUND ............................................................................3.15
JOHANSBURGH 1927 TO DAKAR 03.42 AIR 8.15
GROUND............................................................................1.25
DAKAR 0507 TO WASHINGTON D C 14.17 AIR 9.10
GROUND.............................................................................5.45
WASHINGTON DC 2002 TO L ANGELES 0127 AIR 5.25
GROUND.............................................................................5.06
LOS ANGLES 0623 TO LAS VEGS 0723 AIR .50
NICE TRIP....25.35 IN THE AIR......15.25 ON THE GROUND....ALL S AFRICA TIME
CAPETOWN
PEARL HARBOR DAY.....BREAKFAST TO SEAL ISLAND...SHORT BOAT RIDE..SEAS GOOD.......NICE SEALS...BACK TO BOTANICAL GARDEN...GREAT...GREAT GUIDE HUNDREDS OF PLANT SPECIES...LOTS OF WONDERFUL TREES..WELL KEPT GARDEN...ON TO TABLE MOUNTAIN...O FOR 2...SO FAR......NOT TODAY...GUIDE SAW A BIG LINE AND ASKED IF ANYBODY WANTED OFF THE BUS..JANET AND JOHN GOT OFF ......................19 TO THE TRAM...PERFECT...MANY LOSERS RETURNED TO THE HOTEL AND MISSED THIS PAID FOR ADVENTURE.......LOVELY SCENERY...GUIDE ON TOP...PICS...TAXI TO HOTEL....AMAZING......... DISCOVER CARD WORKS AT ONE STORE AND NOT THE NEXT AT TABLE MOUNTAIN...THUSLY THEY FAILED TO SELL THEIR PICS...THERE IS A VISA EMBLEM ON THE TRAM AND THEY DO NOT TAKE THE CARD ? ? ? ? .FAREWELL DINNER TONIGHT...TRAVEL ON SUNDAY TO LAS VEGAS...SOME FOLKS USING JOHANSBURG AIRPORT ON SUNDAY NEXT MAY HAVE ISSUES...
6 DEC 2013
CAPETOWN
MADIBA.....
I REALLY THOUGHT YESTERDAY WHILE ON ROBBEN ISLAND ....WOULDN'T IT BE POWERFUL IF MANDELA WAS TO DO DIE WHILE I WAS ON THE ISLAND....MISSED IT BY 8 HOURS...FLAGS AT HALF STAFF TODAY...ONE OF THE HEROES OF EVERYONES LIFE..
ANYWAY GREAT DAY FOR 23 VANTAGE TRAVEL TOURISTS....TABLE MOUNTAIN FIRST ON BUS TRIP FOR AN ALL DAY JOURNEY...OPEN...CLEAR TOO WINDY FOR CABLE CARS...CLOSED ALL DAY...OFF TO UP AND AROUND THE POINT...DOWN THE BAY TO THE SPOT WHERE LAST NIGHTS PLAY WAS...OSTRICH FARM....NANCY.....A TERRIFIC GUIDE LIKE ALL OF THEM...ALWAYS SELLING STUFF...$900 PURSES...CUTS THE FIELD DOWN..OSTRICH MEAT QUITE GOOD...OFF TO CAPE POINT AND TRAM RIDE TO THE LIGHTHOUSE....IT WAS NEVER USED..MARVELOUS PICTURE OF SURF COMING IN ON THE ROCKS ALL DAY...WE HAD FRONT SEAT ON THE BUS FOR THE LAST TIME...GOOD CHOICE...NO VANTAGE PAID FOOD TODAY..SNACKS..WE SAVED SOME...WILD BABOONS...OSTRICHS..WILDEBOK...AWFUL SHITTING BIRDS...THE TRIP MOSTLY IN TALE ROCK NATIONAL PARK...ON THE MORE PERFECT COAST HIGHWAY DRIVE AND TO VISIT THE PENGUINS...TINY...BUNCHED...WE BOUGHT A GAME...I BOUGHT A SHIRT..NOW HAVE POINTS EXTREME PARTS OF THE WORLD... BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH...PICTURES TO PROVE IT...ANOTHER BOAT TRIP TO AN ISLAND SATURDAY ...A TRY TO RIDE THE CABLE CARS..AND FAREWELL DINNER...CURIOUS IF OBAMA WILL MAKE THE TRIP...SECURITY FOR HIS LAST VISIT TO CAPE TOWN...OVERWHELMING AND POWERFULL...EXPECT FUNERAL IN JOHANSBURG.
5 DEC 2013
CAPETOWN
ROBBEN ISLAND....NELSON MANDELAS HOME FOR 27 YEARS...THERE AND OTHER POLITICAL PLACES....SHORT BOAT RIDE DID NOT GET SICK EITHER WAY...GUIDE A PRISONER WITH MANDELA....PICS AND PRISNOR NUMBERS IN THE CELLS...NO WATER OR TOILETS...GREAT COOL DAY....MUSEUM...LIMESTONE MINE WHERE MANDELA LOST SOME OF HIS EYE SIGHT....AFTERNOON TOUR OF CITY
5 DEC 2013
CAPETOWN
ROBBEN ISLAND....NELSON MANDELAS HOME FOR 27 YEARS...THERE AND OTHER POLITICAL PLACES....SHORT BOAT RIDE DID NOT GET SICK EITHER WAY...GUIDE A PRISONER WITH MANDELA....PICS AND PRISNOR NUMBERS IN THE CELLS...NO WATER OR TOILETS...GREAT COOL DAY....MUSEUM...LIMESTONE MINE WHERE MANDELA LOST SOME OF HIS EYE SIGHT....AFTERNOON TOUR OF CITY
4 DEC 2013....
CAPETOWN
.LEFT SPIER HOTEL....BREAKFAST...PLUS SANDWICHES...ONE HOUR TO CAPETOWN...4 HOURS HERE....CITY BUS TOUR ...WE GOT FRONT ROW SEAT BY DESIGN....GREAT...GOT OFF FOR THE BOTANICAL PARK....OLD TREES 400 YEARS...LOVELY ...MISTY RAIN....DROVE UP THE MOUNTAIN FOR OVERLOOK....TABLE ROCK CLOUDED IN FOR CABLE CAR RIDE..WILL TRY IT ON FRIDAY....MORE CITY BUS TOUR....HOTEL ....ROOMS NOT READY..ATE OUR SANDWICHES...ROOMS READY .... $365 FOR THE MASSES...AFTERNOON ADDED TOUR...TO THE OTHER SIDE OF CAPETOWN.....LAGNA ....GHETTO...2 MILLION IN SHACKS...DOUBLE...TRIPLE DECKED IN ONE ROOM...TRASH EVERYWHERE...WENT TO MUSEUM SHOWING THE LIFESTYLE AND HISTORY OF THE END OF APRTEID...COOKING SHEEPS HEADS ON OPEN FIRE WITH FLIES AND TRASH EVERYWHERE....ISSUE UNSOLVEABLE....RUNAWAY PENIS...NO HOPE IN SIGHT...COMPUTER WORKS....9$ FOR AN HOUR....JANET UNPACKING...DINNER AT HOTEL...GOT PLAN FOR ANDREW LOLYD WEBERS PLAY TOMORROW NIGHT AFTER MANDELA PRISON VISIT IN THE MORNING...
CAPETOWN
.LEFT SPIER HOTEL....BREAKFAST...PLUS SANDWICHES...ONE HOUR TO CAPETOWN...4 HOURS HERE....CITY BUS TOUR ...WE GOT FRONT ROW SEAT BY DESIGN....GREAT...GOT OFF FOR THE BOTANICAL PARK....OLD TREES 400 YEARS...LOVELY ...MISTY RAIN....DROVE UP THE MOUNTAIN FOR OVERLOOK....TABLE ROCK CLOUDED IN FOR CABLE CAR RIDE..WILL TRY IT ON FRIDAY....MORE CITY BUS TOUR....HOTEL ....ROOMS NOT READY..ATE OUR SANDWICHES...ROOMS READY .... $365 FOR THE MASSES...AFTERNOON ADDED TOUR...TO THE OTHER SIDE OF CAPETOWN.....LAGNA ....GHETTO...2 MILLION IN SHACKS...DOUBLE...TRIPLE DECKED IN ONE ROOM...TRASH EVERYWHERE...WENT TO MUSEUM SHOWING THE LIFESTYLE AND HISTORY OF THE END OF APRTEID...COOKING SHEEPS HEADS ON OPEN FIRE WITH FLIES AND TRASH EVERYWHERE....ISSUE UNSOLVEABLE....RUNAWAY PENIS...NO HOPE IN SIGHT...COMPUTER WORKS....9$ FOR AN HOUR....JANET UNPACKING...DINNER AT HOTEL...GOT PLAN FOR ANDREW LOLYD WEBERS PLAY TOMORROW NIGHT AFTER MANDELA PRISON VISIT IN THE MORNING...
3 DEC 2013
STELLENBOSCH
....TO APPRECIATE OUR USA INTERNET SPEED....TYPED IN 2 PARAGRAPHS...TOOK 20 MINUTES TO SEE IT AND THEN I KILLED IT....ANYWAY TRY 2....LEFT SPEIR HOTEL 830 TO STELLBOSCH JUST UP THE ROAD...RURAL AGRICULTURE TRIP...CLEAN GREEN LOVELY...HOSTORIC DUTCH CITY 400 YEARS OLD...HOUSES AND MUSEUM FROM THEIR LIFESTYLE PROVED IT....SO NICE...TOO QUICK UP TO FREANSTOCK FOR HOUR CITY TOUR...LOVELY CLEAN CITY LOTS OF TREES...SHOPPED...BOUGHT...WENT UP THE HILL TO WINE TASTING...JANET DID 4...DINNER..... LONGEST IN RECORDED HISTORY 3 HOURS...HAD OSTRICH...CHICKEN AND PASTA FROM NEIGHBORS PLATES...FOOD GOOD...DOWN THE HILLS TO SPEIR HOTEL FOR ANOTHER WINE TASTING...THIS ONE FIRST CLASS JANET DID 3 MORE WITH CHOCOLATE HELP...DID NOT BUY..JANET PASSED ON A $1000 DOLLAR RUG...ON TO ROOM WHERE KEY OF COURSE DID NOT OPEN...DAMN THING RUNS TV LIGHTS AC AND FRIG...WHAT AN ENGINEERING ABORTION...HOPE TO GOT TO MOUNTAIN IN MORNING IF NO RAIN...AND ON TO THE LAST 4 DAYS HOTEL IN CAPETOWN SHOULD BE EXCITING...BIG 5 BRELL.....BUFFALO...RHINO...ELEPHANT ...LION ...LEOPARD.....WE MISSED THE LEOPARD...HOPING TO RECORD THIS ON SECOND TRY....GOT TO SEE MORE OF ART IN HOTEL
STELLENBOSCH
....TO APPRECIATE OUR USA INTERNET SPEED....TYPED IN 2 PARAGRAPHS...TOOK 20 MINUTES TO SEE IT AND THEN I KILLED IT....ANYWAY TRY 2....LEFT SPEIR HOTEL 830 TO STELLBOSCH JUST UP THE ROAD...RURAL AGRICULTURE TRIP...CLEAN GREEN LOVELY...HOSTORIC DUTCH CITY 400 YEARS OLD...HOUSES AND MUSEUM FROM THEIR LIFESTYLE PROVED IT....SO NICE...TOO QUICK UP TO FREANSTOCK FOR HOUR CITY TOUR...LOVELY CLEAN CITY LOTS OF TREES...SHOPPED...BOUGHT...WENT UP THE HILL TO WINE TASTING...JANET DID 4...DINNER..... LONGEST IN RECORDED HISTORY 3 HOURS...HAD OSTRICH...CHICKEN AND PASTA FROM NEIGHBORS PLATES...FOOD GOOD...DOWN THE HILLS TO SPEIR HOTEL FOR ANOTHER WINE TASTING...THIS ONE FIRST CLASS JANET DID 3 MORE WITH CHOCOLATE HELP...DID NOT BUY..JANET PASSED ON A $1000 DOLLAR RUG...ON TO ROOM WHERE KEY OF COURSE DID NOT OPEN...DAMN THING RUNS TV LIGHTS AC AND FRIG...WHAT AN ENGINEERING ABORTION...HOPE TO GOT TO MOUNTAIN IN MORNING IF NO RAIN...AND ON TO THE LAST 4 DAYS HOTEL IN CAPETOWN SHOULD BE EXCITING...BIG 5 BRELL.....BUFFALO...RHINO...ELEPHANT ...LION ...LEOPARD.....WE MISSED THE LEOPARD...HOPING TO RECORD THIS ON SECOND TRY....GOT TO SEE MORE OF ART IN HOTEL
2 DEC 2013....
SSTELLENBOACH
SSTELLENBOACH
SOME OF OUR PARTY ILL FROM WE THINK LOCAL FOOD....9 AM HERE MONDAY...DRIVE 2 HOURS TO AIRPORT AND NOW IN NEW ITENIARY..... FLY STRAIGHT TO CAPETOWN TO DO A 2 NIGHTER OUTSIDE CITY AND 4 NIGHTS IN CAPETOWN START HOME ON SUNDAY. 90 minutes TO KRUGER AIRPORTS...LOTS OF AGRICULTURE ...BANANA PLANTATIONS....MARKETS...TREES....FLIGHT 20 MINUTES LATE ONE PLANE ON THE GROUND IN THIS AIRPORT...NICE FLIGHT...NICE MEAL....CAPETOWN AIRPORT AT 4....TRIP TO HOTEL....ACROSS FROM AIRPORT...MILES AND MILES AND MILES AND MILES OF SHANTY TOWN SHACKS...INCREDIBLE...THEN AT ONCE IT STOPS...GREEN AGRICULTURE....HOTLE....NICE SPIER HOTEL...LOTS OF ART REALLY NICE.....A ROCKET SCIENTIST MUST BE NEAR TO WORK ROOM KEY AND ALL THATS IN IT...VERY BELOW AVERAGE BUFFET
1 DEC 2013
ZIMBABWE
ZIMBABWE
440 AM KRUGER GAME PARK.....6 HOURS....ALMOST LIGHT ....
AS WE GOT TO THE PARK GATE THEY YELLED LIONS....50 YARDS INSIDE GATE A MALE AND 2 LIONESSE'S... VERY HARD TO SEE...SOON ZEBRAS ELEPHANTS AND GIRAFEES FIRST 40 MINUTES....SAW LIONS...USUAL IMPALAS...RAINED HALF THE TRIP REALLY A DRIZZLE....NICE....HYENA GROUP ON THE ROADSIDE HAVING SEX....TURTLES....VULTURES....BUZZARDS....ONE GREAT AREA AND ON WAY BACK MORE ELEPHANTS ZEBRAS AND GIRAFEES POSING....TONGHT A NIGHT GAME TRIP
........night game.... DRIVE....A REAL HOOT AND PROBABLY THE LAST TIME JOHN MASTALIR WILL EVER BE ON A SAFARI....AS WE LEFT OUR HOTEL COMPUND FROM THE POOL AREA YOU COULD SEE ELEPHANTS AND IMPALAS...AS WE GOT TO THE GATE TO KRUGER PARK AS WE GOT OUT OF THE VECHILE AND WERE PROCESSING IN FOR OUR NIGHT DRIVE STILL AT DAYLIGHT 2 FEMALE LIONS CROSSED THE BRIDGE BEHIND US...INSIDE STILL BEFORE DARK ELEPHANTS GRAZING..ZEBRAS...GIRAFEES...EACH TRIP A NEW ADVENTURE EVEN THO WE COVER SOME OF THE SAME TRACKS...ANIMALS MORE ACTIVE AT DAWN AND DUSK....SAW FAMILY OF HYENAS....AFTER DARK I HELD THE LIGHTS AND YOU SEE SHINNING EYES IN THE BUSH... REALLY HARD TO TELL WHAT THEY WERE DID SEE...OWLS...SNAILS.... RING TAILED CATS ...LOTS OF BUGS.......ITS OVER...BACK TO HOTEL FOR LOVELY OUTSIDE BUFFETT...PEOPLE AT HOTEL HERE NOT FROM THE SAME MANAGEMENT AS VICTORIA FALLS...PRICE HERE FOR THE HOTEL 161ISH....ON TO MONDAY
30 november 2013
ZIMBABWE
ZIMBABWE
KRUGER NATIONAL GAME PARK SOUTH AFRICA
ONE OF THE TREAUSES OF THIS WORLD.....ELECTRIC FENCED....A ITS THE SIZE OF ISERIAL..... 800 RHINOS POACHED THIS YEAR....ALL DAY TOUR TODAY 730 AM TO 410..... BOX LUNCH IN THE MIDDLE IT WAS OVER CAST AND COOL IN THE MORNING SOME IDIOTS HAD COATS....BEAUTIFUL BREEZE IT WAS 65....EVERY ANIMAL THERE EXCEPT LEOPARDS AND CHEETAHS......SAW FOUR LIONS....TWO LAID AT A DISTANCE FOR 20 MINUTES.....THE NEXT UPRIGHT FROM HIS NAP AND ROARED 8 TIMES......I THOUGHT I WAS AT AN MGM MOVIE.....MUST HAVE SEEN 200 ELEPHANTS ALL SHAPES AND SIZES....SOME CROSSING THE ROAD....SAME FOR GIRAFFEES....STATESQUE.....POSING EATING......ENDLESS IMPALAS AND GAZELLES.....ALSO WARTHOGS....SAW A SLEEPING HYENA....LOTS OF KUDOS....ALL ANIMALES GRAZING NON STOP....GIRAFEES GRAZING OFF THE TREES....LOTS OF HIPOS ALWAYS IN WATER.....ROADS EVERYWHERE IN THE PARK,,,,,SOME PAVED...COLORFUL BIRDS.....TOUR DRIVERS COMMUNICATE AND SO DO TOURISTS WHO DRIVE THEIR OWN CARS IN THE PARK.....SOME BODY SAW 8 CHEETAHS YESTERDAY...... NOT US.....THEY ONLY USE RANDS FOR CURRENCY IN S AFRICA THUSLY THEY DONT SELL ME ANYTHING....5 OCLOCK POOL ....A SHOWER ....SUPPER ........ TV AND 530 AM GAME DRIVE SUNDAY ONE ALSO AT NIGHT...WHAT DID WE COME FOR....JANET TRUCKED IT OUT GOOD TODAY.
29 nov 2013 still m waiting to hear from gary turner here. FRIDAY MORNING ...GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP....6 BUG BITES ON EACH LEG ONE ON THE BACK NO ONE ELSE ON TOUR HAS ANY ..BREAKFAST...BUY COKE...OFF TO SCHOOL AIR PORT ON TO KRUGER NAT PARK
29 NOVEMBER 2013
VICTORIA FALLS HOTEL
29 NOVEMBER 2013
VICTORIA FALLS HOTEL
MORE FROM THANKSGIVING.....AFTER ELEPHANT RIDE AND SOME BUG BITES...IT WAS .HOT...A SHOWER OFF TO TOUR OF HOTLE....VICTORIA FALLS... SINDY OUR GUIDE 40 MINUTES WONDERFUL TOO SHORT...OFF TO LIVINGSTON BOAT TOUR..A FEW ANIMALS AND A DRINK AND SO MUNCHIES AND AT SEMI NICE SUNSET...HIGHLIGHTED BY 90 MINUTE PLUS LECTURE ABOUT LIVINGSTON AND STANLEY....HALL OF FAME TALKER ONLY MARVELOUS...OFF TO BUSH DINER...MEAT AND POTATOES OVER LOOKING FALLS BRIDGE SOME 7 DANCERS IN THE DARK...OK...LIGHITNG WOULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL AND ALSO SOME LIGHT ON THE FOOD AND DINING NOT HERE...FOOD GOOD...BACK TO HOTEL ONTO FRIDAY 29THE SCHOOL VISIT AND 3 NIGHTS AT KRUGER NATIONAL PARK...
28 November 2013
VICTORIA FALLS
TOURIST POLICE OUTSIDE HOTLE RUN OFF MONKEYS...BABOONS AND WARTHOGS..EVERY MORNING.....630AM OFF TO ELEPHANT RIDE...SOME HAVE NOW RODE INDIAN AND AFRICAN ELEPHANTS....ME.....ORIENTATION....22 ON TRIP...11 ON FIRST RUN......ME ....JANET AND HER SON OUR ELEPHANT......WONDERFUL...COMFORTABLE....NICE..40 MINUTES... SAW WARTHOGS...GAZELLES..BUFFALO....GUIDES WALKED WITH A GUN BESIDE US...NO ISSUES TODAY...GUIDE SAID HE HAS NEVER USED IT....THEY DO TWO RUNS....AT HALFWAY POINT WE DISMMOUNTED AND SECOND GROUP WENT....RETURNED...FED THE ELEPHANTS...THEY WERE BEAUTIFUL...MET SYLVESTER A PET LEOLPARD...A DANDY.... ALMOST AS GOOD AS THE ELEPHANTS...EXCELLENT BREAKFAST....VIDEOS THEY TOOK...EXCELLENT THEY WERE FOR SALE....GOT 2 T SHIRTS....1045 ON BUS ALTHO NOT TO HOTEL TO VILLAGE TOUR...AWFUL....AWFUL WASHBOARD ROAD...NO AC...NO ELEC...NO TV...NO VIDEOS...NO WATER...NO PLUMBING....HOW DO THEY LIVE...ELDED SPOKE 65 MINUTES..64 TOO LONG...HAD PERFECT TEETH AT 68 AMAZING...ON BUS 12 MILES TO HOTEL....HOTEL MUSEUM TOUR...BOAT TRIP...BUSH DINER TO COME...HOPE DONT HAVE TO RETYPE THIS FOR THE THIRD TIME.
27 NOV 2013..
VICTORIA FALLS
..UP FOR BREAKFAST...BEST IN HISTORY OF THE WORLD AT THE VICTORIA FALLS HOTEL...LOOKING AT THE FALLS....OVERSTAFFED...GREAT FOOD...HELICOPTER TOUR OVER THE FALLS...BACK TO THE ROOM...MORE BREAKFAST....ON TO THE "MARKET"....HAWKERS AGGRESSIVE...JANET LEFT...LATER.... ME TOO.... BACK TO HOTEL ....NAP..... ONTO RINHO TOUR AT 215ISH....SEE UNLV LOST TO ILL 61- 59
27 NOV 2013
VICTORIA FALLS
THIS WEDNESDAYS SECOND HALF AND YET ANOTHER GREATEST DAY IN HISTORY OF JOHN AND JANET MASTALIR....AFTERNOON GAME DRIVE TO LIVINGSTONE PRESERVE......HOT REALLY HOT AT 215 FOR KICKOFF OFF AND ONTO DIRT ROAD....WEAVER BIRD TREE NESTS....BILLED AS BLACK RHINO GIG.....IMPALAS....AN OWL....OF ALL THINGS THREE PAIRS OF FROGS MATING....NOW OUT TO THE BUSH...JUST 6 ON THE VECHILE AND WORLDS NEXT GREATEST GUIDE WITH A NAME TO KILL FOR ..A NATIVE...WORKED WAY BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY TO GO TO FIND TO SEE.....NOT MUCH...YET...SOME ELEPHANTS BUT THEY WERE DOMESTIC WITH RIDERS ....SUCH AS I WILL DO THURSDAY....KUDOS.....AND DEAD KUDOS...BABOONS AT THE DAM....AFTER HALFTIME NOW ITS 5ISH...FINALLY THERE THEY ARE THE GIRAFES'S....TWO POSERS...MORE....A BLACK SPOTTED ONE.....SOME BUFFALO BUT BEHIND THE BUSHES...DOWN TO THE DELTA DAM...NO ROADS AND FINALLY AT 6ISH THE BLACK RHINO...REMOTE...THREE...A BIT SHADED...ONLY 7 IN THE PARK...GUIDE DID NOT SEE ANY ALL LAST WEEK AND BINGO....SHORT LUNCH AT SUNSET...MORE GIRAFES'S ON THE LATE BACKTRIP TO HOST DINNER...WAY LATE AT 735 FOR THE HOST DINNER ONLY THREE IN OUR GROUP...WONDERFUL EDUCATED PEOPLE IN ONE ROOM...CROWDED.. HOT... DARK AND ATE WITH OUR FINGERS...FOOD MARGINAL TO TASTE....COMPANY WORLD CLASS....BACK TO ROOM FOR ELEPHANT RIDE AND BOAT TRIP AND MEAL ON THANKSGIVING....A FEW MORE BUG BITS... JANET REFUSES TO USE MOSQUITO NETS....
26 NOVEMBER 2013....
BOTSWANA TO V FALLS
JOHN MASTALIRS LIFE JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER....JANET NOT COOL WITH UP AT 445 AM FOR GAME DRIVE BUT THATS WHEN THEY GET UP....BACK TO CHOBE NATIONAL PARK FOR ANOTHER ROUTE...LOOKING AND FAILING TO FIND GIRAFFES AND LIONS....HOWEVER...LOTS OF IMPALAS....AFRICAN EAGLES...BABOONS....MONKEYS...JACKELS...LIZARDS AND A GORGOUS DAY....SAW THREE ELEPHANTS EARLY IN THE BUSH BUT JUST BARELY....DID THE 90 MINUTE OUT AND THEN A SHORTCUT BACK TO THE LODGE STRAIGHT RUN AND THEN ON THE PAVEMENT....FOUR GROUPS OF ELEPHANTS SAVED THE DAY...SOME EVEN CROSSING THE ROAD AHEAD OF US ...WAIT TIL YOU SEE THE PICTURES.....THIS ALL FOR BOTSWANA ...WE RETURNED TO BREAKFAST PACKED A LUNCH AND BUSED OFF TO ZIMBABWE WHERE VICTORIA FALLS AWAITS US....THERE SHORTLY...CROSS ZIMBABWE..BOTSWANA BORDER A DOUBLE PASSPORT TRICK BUT WE SUCCEDED...VICTORIA FALLS....HOTEL 400ISH A NIGHT..... AN UPGRADE PLUS...OFF TO THE FALLS AND NOW JANETS LIFE IS COMPLETE ....TERRIFIC WITH RAINBOWS...WAIT TIL YA SEE THE PICTURES...FALLS ACTUALLY DOWN NOW AND NOT MUCH MIST AND A BIT SHORTER THAN WHEN THE LENGTH OF THE GORGES ARE COVERED....HELICOPTER ON TOP OF THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING...BACK TO HOTEL FOR PACKED LUNCH....JANET TRIED TO DOWNLOAD PICTURES BUT COULD NOT HOOK UP....
25 NOVEMBER 2013
BOTSWANA
BOTSWANA
THIS DAY ACTUALLY SPENT IN CHOBE NATIONAL PARK IN BOTSWANA BUT THIS REPORT COMING A DAY LATER DUE TO NO INTERNET.....KEPT SCORE ON PAPER TIL NOW WITH THIS...520 AM LEFT ON GAME DRIVE....CHOBE NATIONAL PARK...9 PASSENGER VECHILES ONTO CHOBE RIVER DELTA LOTS OF ANIMALS..NICE...GAZELLE...BIRDS...WARTHOGS...MONKEYS...BABOONS....OMAHA PLAYERS........ I PREDICTED AN ANIMAL DROUGHT AND WAS PLEASENTLY SURPRISED TO BE WRONG....MADE A LOOP ON THE WAY BACK SAW AN IMPALA GIVING BIRTH...GUIDE SAID IT WAS FIRST TIME HE EVER SAW THIS ...AMAZING...GUIDE SUPER GUY FOR TWO DAYS OF THIS WE WATCHED THE BIRTHING FOR 20 MINUTES FRONT FEET....HEAD...THE REST...A WOW....3 AND A HALF HOUR TRIP....IN THE WET SEASONS LIKE NOW...ELEPHANTS AND BIG GAME RETREAT FROM THE RIVER AND WE DID NOT SEE ANY BIG STUFF...JUST WARTHOGS...CHOBE SAFARI LODGE LOTS OF NEGATIVES...MORE BUGS IN THE ROOM THAN ON THE SAFARI...ATE AT A BUFFET IN THE DARK IT WAS NOT GOOD....MORE THAN ONCE NOT GOOD...GREAT MASSAGE $52....WENDY WAS WONDERFUL.....AFTERNOON BOAT TRIP UP THE CHOBE RIVER...ONE OF THE WORLDS GREATEST IDEAS....ALL 23 IN OUR GROUP ON A COVERED BOAT WITH 2 GUIDES A DRIVER AND A BARMAN...SAW EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD...TONS OF HIPPOS...WARTHOGS...AFRICAN EAGLES...EGRETS AND TWO MILES AWAY ON THE HORIZON TWO ELEPHANTS...EGRETS...CROCODILES......THEN IT HAPPENED....ON THE WAY BACK...5 ELEPHANTS ON THE BANK OF THE RIVER 4 FEMALES AND A BABY...THEY LEFT AND THEN CAME BACK TO THE BANK....DREW 11 BOATS OF TOURISTS...MY LIFE COMPLETE WITH THIS TO SEE ELEPHANTS IN THE WILD...BACK TO THE LODGE FOR A SLIGHTLY BETTER BUFFET AND A BIG TUESDAY 26TH..
24 NOV 2013
JOHANNESBURG
LEAVE HYDE PARK SUN HOTLE ($161) FOR AIRPORT TO VICTORIA FALLS ZIMBABWE ON TO BOUTSWANA...HAVING SWELL TIME WISH YOU WERE HERE....
JOHANNESBURG
LEAVE HYDE PARK SUN HOTLE ($161) FOR AIRPORT TO VICTORIA FALLS ZIMBABWE ON TO BOUTSWANA...HAVING SWELL TIME WISH YOU WERE HERE....
4 a m CANT SLEEP..... ON INTERNET...READING R J...GOT THE SUNRISE IN JOHANNESBURG THIS MORNING....BREAKFAST...AIRPORT....CHOBE WILDLIFE PARK DONT KNOW WHEN NEXT RESPONSE OR MACHINE WILL BE...
23 NOV 2013.....
JOHANNESBURG
GREAT BREAKFAST.....SAN JOSE AND NAVY ON AT 6 AM ON ESPN.....OFF TO PRETORIA........JAIL WHERE CHURCHILL WAS IMPRISIONED....1 MILLION PEOPLE PLUS......EVERYONE CLEAN COLORFUL AND CHEERFULL....OFF TO SOWETO...ANOTHER MILLIONS .BIG APARTIED HISTORY HERE WITH NELSON MANDELAS HOME AND DESMOND TUTUS ON THE SAME BLOCK....NEITHER ONE HOME..... BOTH ALIVE AND BOTH NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNERS....LUNCH BETWEEN THE HOUSES...GOOD.....OFF TO JOHANBURG AND MUSEUM ABOUT 1976 STUDENT RIOTS....DOWNTOWN A STATUE OF GHANDI WITH HAIR AND IN A SUIT...HE WENT TO AND PRACTICE LAW HERE...LEFT AFTER 14 YEARS IN 1914....BACK TO HOTLE FOR ORIENTATION AND DINNER MAY BE A WHILE BEFORE NEXT INTERNET...
JOHANNESBURG
GREAT BREAKFAST.....SAN JOSE AND NAVY ON AT 6 AM ON ESPN.....OFF TO PRETORIA........JAIL WHERE CHURCHILL WAS IMPRISIONED....1 MILLION PEOPLE PLUS......EVERYONE CLEAN COLORFUL AND CHEERFULL....OFF TO SOWETO...ANOTHER MILLIONS .BIG APARTIED HISTORY HERE WITH NELSON MANDELAS HOME AND DESMOND TUTUS ON THE SAME BLOCK....NEITHER ONE HOME..... BOTH ALIVE AND BOTH NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNERS....LUNCH BETWEEN THE HOUSES...GOOD.....OFF TO JOHANBURG AND MUSEUM ABOUT 1976 STUDENT RIOTS....DOWNTOWN A STATUE OF GHANDI WITH HAIR AND IN A SUIT...HE WENT TO AND PRACTICE LAW HERE...LEFT AFTER 14 YEARS IN 1914....BACK TO HOTLE FOR ORIENTATION AND DINNER MAY BE A WHILE BEFORE NEXT INTERNET...
22 NOV 2013
JOHANNESBURG
21 NOV 2013-22 NOV 2013
WASHINGTON D C & OVER ATLANTIC LOSE A DAY
WASHINGTON D C & OVER ATLANTIC LOSE A DAY
HOW ABOUT THIS DAY.....UP TO FREE BUFFET FROM HILTON AS THEY TRIED TO MAKE UP FOR JACUZZI....WENT TO AIR MUSEUM OUTSIDE DULLES AIRPORT...15 BUCKS...SENSATIONAL IT WAS A WEEKS VISIT....SPACE SHUTTLE AND TOUR GUIDE QUESTION ANSWER...JUST GREAT..AIR PORT FILLED UP WITH RENTAL CARS...3 HOURS LEAD TIME ON INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS....7 HALF HOURS TO DAKAR SENEGAL....ABOUT FOUR HOUR IN THE MORNING THERE ...SAW SUN COME UP...PEOPLE ACTUALLY GOT OFF AND ON THERE...7 HALF HOURS TO JOHANSBURG...GREAT EXIT TRIP TO HOTEL EASY CUSTOMS....KEITH OUR TOUR GUIDE HE IS 67..HIS DAD WAS WARDEN AT VICTORIA FALLS NATIONAL PARK..HE WAS BORN IN RHODESIA...THE OLD NAME...I INSTANTLY FELL IN LOVE WITH KEITH...DINNER EASY AT HOTLE....INTERNET...ABOUT 11 HOURS AHEAD OF LAS VEGAS.....GOT REBELS SCORE...ON TO MORE
THEY LIED AGAIN ABOUT THE JACUZZI .....1730 FLIGHT TO JOHANSBURG....ARRIVES IN 1740 ONLY 10 MINUTES AND A DAY
ANXIOUS TO FIND WHEN THE NEXT INTERNET WILL BE.
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