Gallery - South Africa

Out first look at the Indian Ocean in Port Elizabeth

Sam gettin' his rock on in SA

 They weren't allowed to take hat down the abseil cause they had helmets. We all have rolls to play.

 Sam flexin' his skills in the scenic Graham Beck Reserve

 Instructors are sooooo METAL!

 Trail work is done all by hand. No chainsaws allowed.

 Braai-master Marco

 Lunch time after trailer work

Braai

 Touring the tuk tuk factory (sigh)

 Deon, Fabio and Marco doing god's work. Notice Marco's lack of shoes. Man had leather on his feet.

 Where we operated our course out of in the Graham Beck Reserve

 Dinner time on course prep day

 Sam's excited about course start

 One of Matt's co-instructor's, Busi

 Raft Building

 Matt's Lead Instructor, Nomusa

 Launching a Raft

 Muzafirr throwin' gang signs

 Float test

 Tafara was one of the older SBF Alumni. He hated the closed-toe shoes at all time policy.

Circles in the reserve

Checking out the view during lunch

 Stick Legs (Muzafirr) hated the packs and I can't really blame her

 When we took breaks on the hikes, the students crashed hard

Check out the book Tafara is reading. He got it from one of the other SBF Alumni who was learning as much as he could about dictators and oppressive regimes. 

Sam's Crew

 

Matt's Crew

Sam at the lighthouse on the Cape of Good Hope

The actual Cape of Good Hope

On the Cape

All along the cape there were these small towns that reminded us of southern California or Baja

Sam and I in different oceans

 Matriarch shields us from the herd

The whole family 

 A giraffe we drove past before reversing to get this shot

 Best shot we were able to get of the rhino carcass the lion was feeding on

 Seconds away from actually being a good photographer. They say lions are part of the Big Five to see in Africa along with giraffes, elephants, rhinos and hippos.

 Water Buffalos must be part of the Average Eight then. 

 

 Zebras are also in the A8

 

Ibans must be part of the lesser eleven.

As are hyenas