Thanks, folks. Now we are coming to the end of my swinging safari. It was fun, but I am glad I will be homeward bound soon. Not glad that a more than 24 hour flight in coach lies between me and LA, though. Wish they would have some kind of cryogenics/deep freeze sleep technology for that. Maybe Trader Jim can hand me a MaiTai at Heathrow, like the support team for a long distance runner..rummer?
Speaking of drinking, here is my key grip, Ryan, at the thatched roof hotel bar in Laingsburg:
My favorite new drink I was introduced to in South Africa was the "Rock Shandy": Equal parts of Schweppes lemon and clear soda, ice...and a couple of dashes of Angostura bitters, to taste. Great refreshing drink, not too sweet like a soda pop usually is, kinda like a cocktail without the alcohol (...well Angostura has 45%, but you'd have to drink a lot of Rock Shandys to get a buzz). Try it kids, it's delish.
Here are some locally made spirits, I was very impressed by that barbed wire bottle, what an appropriate packaging concept for Africa.
And now some random impressions found in the African desert:
The sands of time
Got stuck
African sunset
Sunset skies over the crew
Desert dust at the end of a shooting day. What does my fortune read?
Tribal art with actresses and Kinoflo lighting (...the preferred light for my Tiki mug photos!)
And finally on the road to Knysna:
Hut architecture at rest stop.
Why did the turtle cross the road?
To be saved by us from getting run over by trucks!
No salvation for these birds: Ostrich transport in Oudshoorn.
Asking the locals for the way to Knysna.
