Taking a timeout here to share some photos from our visit with my folks in Johannesburg, South Africa during the Christmas break.
My parents live in a retirement village on the outskirts of Johannesburg – an absolute paradise!
Some pictures of their garden...
The retirement village is actually a bird sanctuary and the two ponds/dams attract many different birds ..
Malachite kingfisher .......................... ... White-thoated swallow (baby) ........................ Reed Cormorant
Red Bishop ...................................... ..... Blacksmith Plover .............................................Red-knobbed coot
Southern masked weaver
It was only a short visit mainly to see the folks but who can go to Africa and not visit a game reserve?
The Pilanesberg games reserve is north-west of Johannesburg not far from the ‘well-known’ Sun City and is only a 2 hours drive.
Although we didn't see all of the boasted Big-Five, we did see a lot ...
Black-chested Snake Eagle ..................... Hartebeest
Giraffe
Zebra
White Rhino
African Bush
Hippo ........................................................Impala...............................................Waterbuck
Kudu .........................................................Wildebeest .......................................Steenbok
Elephant
We had a great time and really enjoyed getting away to the warmer weather in Johannesburg, around 36C. It was actually quite a shock arriving back in Zürich to -10C and snow ....
One consolation about winter is that it will give me time to carry on with the story about the progress of our garden over the years - next post will be 2011!
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