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Kruger Mkuzi and Durban

Posted: August 20, 2011 in Travel
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Safari and Escape Friday, March 28 2008 The sunrise in Kruger National Park. We got up very early and drove in Kruger National Park where we saw giraffe, steenbok, impala, and a beautiful sunrise. The good news is that when we got back to our camp the police had arrived to return some of our [...]

Sierra Hiking: Pinecrest Lake

Posted: August 3, 2011 in Travel

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Summer vacation Monday July 25, 2011 Pinecrest Lake Happy campers at Pinecrest Lake After a pleasant four-hour drive, which gave us time to listen to two of the very informative Pamela Gay ‘Astronomy Now Podcasts’, we arrived at Pinecrest Lake in the stupendous Sierra Nevada Mountains. The main part of the lake was filled to [...]

The Ooh Tour: Sydney Australia

Posted: May 30, 2011 in Travel

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Waves in the sands of Waikiki Jet travel is amazing. We zip through the air at 600 mph, flying over vast oceans, over horrible weather, all while watching movies and eating our TV-dinners. Of course the downside of any long flight is: it is long. Sitting in cramped conditions for more than 10 hours at [...]

Highly sculptured rocks at the whirlpool in Katherine Gorge We drove for three hours from Katherine, north to Darwin, on a lovely sunny Northern Territory morning. This drive was the first part of our all day journey from Katherine, way up north, to Melbourne, way down south. We were both feeling very tired after just [...]

The high majestic plateaus and lowlands of Kakadu Kakadu is very old geologically. Its rocks pushed upward towards the endless sky even before the Earth had an oxygen atmosphere. They were covered several times in oceans and prehistoric seas. They became part of lush forests, desert wastelands, and isolated islands. Eventually the waters receded and [...]

Update 10 from the Ooh Tour

Posted: May 2, 2011 in Travel
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A Kakadu dingo We were up bright and early to try and beat the heat for our next hike at Gungurul. This walk had two parts. One took us up 800 feet to a lookout that gave us spectacular views of the Kakadu landscape. The second part of the hike dropped down to a crocodile [...]