Can you spot OR Tambo Int'l Airport?
Look, no pothoes!
Stephen lets his hair down
Driving south from Jo'burg are wide-open praries and the occasional random mountain
the Free State
the Free State
Grahamstown, like any college town, except with lots of barbed wire, and a township always in the distance
a bookstore!
a gorgeous quaint cafe, i had a greek salad and a peanut butter smoothie... it's a LONG way to Gulu from here
the church where Matt rings the bells
the town, from the edge of the township
Matt's classroom
this image is reflected onto a plaster disc from a rotating mirror above, the sight is like a crystal ball from Oz
Grahamstown
government housing outside town
hey who ordered the eye candy? by now the damage had been done, and i'd learn over the next five hours just how sunburned i was
another shot of town from the township
the Garden Route, along the coast from Grahamstown to Cape Town
a nice little roadside view
rodent confronts the tour-ons
Hermanus, where Sarah kindly put us up for the night after our drive from Grahamstown. Cape Town is 45 minutes away
the African dryer, works like a charm
Desmond Tutu, just after smiling at me for like two seconds!
Installation of the Archbishop, Thabo Magkoba
Installation of the Archbishop, Thabo Magkoba
Installation of the Archbishop, Thabo Magkoba
Installation of the Archbishop, Thabo Magkoba
Installation of the Archbishop, Thabo Magkoba
So we're front page news, less than 24 hours in Cape Town and there we are...
From Blue Mountain Backpackers, Cape Town, where we stayed for about $10 a night. That's Table Mountain in the background.
Lion's Head, above Cape Town
Lion's Head, above Cape Town
Lion's Head, above Cape Town
Lion's Head, above Cape Town
Lion's Head, above Cape Town
Lion's Head, above Cape Town
Lion's Head, above Cape Town
Lion's Head, above Cape Town
Lion's Head, above Cape Town
a good panorama
a not-so-good panorama
kings of all we see before us
Matt's friend Pete in front of the Cape Town lights, he and his friends were hilarious
Robben Island
Robben Island
Robben Island
Robben Island
Robben Island
Robben Island
Me and 'Toots
Matt and 'Toots
The sleepy hamlet of Wilderness, along the Garden Route between Cape Town and Grahamstown
nice company
Barbara's, in Umtata!
This is my friend and fellow YASCer Jesse, hanging his clothes outside his place in Umtata, where he works at a health clinic
A catholic church at the hospital Jesse lives next to.
Kids coloring at the library Jesse started at the clinic.
Kids LOVE the camera.
REALLY love it
Preparing vitamin cocktails for HIV patients.
Happier about my work.
really, really love having their picture taken.
their strong face
their thoughtful face
Jesse, the one-man song-and-dance
my favorite picture
the actual health clinic, treating about 100 people a day
hopefully not an omen
the beach is about a hundred yards behind us. Oh, and that's our rental car, too.
My friend, Fr. Michael Lapsley (looking at me)
Thabo (Mbeki, the president) honors Thabo (Magkoba, the new archbishop)
Desmond Tutu gives his blessing
That's Table Mountain there
the island to the extreme right is Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 26 years
Tour guide and former prisoner in front of a reunion picture with his friends
Billy Nair's prisoner card
pictured at right, Nelson Mandela, running the resistance from prison
Mandela's cell, about 6 x 6
Jackass penguins
This was the view from our backpackers on the return trip, again $10/night, and nice company
our German and Dutch friends in Wilderness
The spinal clinic is that'a'way
They made me earn my keep. 30 pills of 5 kinds in each of 10 bags
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Can you spot OR Tambo Int'l Airport?