~*jas & kel*~ South Africa Trip: ~!South Africa Wild Love!~ 14th

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South Africa is really beautiful and worth going... =)

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Day 1: From kembangan, off for our long anticipated South Africa Trip!

@ Singapore Changi Airport..

inside the departure hall.. waiting for flight

on SQ *smiles smiles* dar happy cos can see many pretty stewardess..
-.-"

that's the plane scenery of cape town *so excited to land*

Day 2: finally landed @ Cape town..after 10hrs.. legs numb! this is my "just wake up" look

Cape Town's 1st destination -- Ostrich Farm

"Hello everyone.. my name is errr..errrmm....Ostrich?" hee

a female ostrich attracted to my darling...

us stepping on the ostrich's eggs.. WOW!

baby ostriches... look so dirty hor..

trying to feed the female ostrich but scared of them

Wooo hoo.. sitting on a male.. i like this pic (though my hair is in a real mess due to the wind)
if u noticed, the male much prettier than the female

at the ostrich farm

trying to pose differently

ostrich meat (rather smelly like mutton) and fried ostrich egg..

@ Woolworths (high end supermarket in South Africa)

choosing foodstuffs..

our hotel for first 3 nights.. Cape Town Lodge

heehee.. banner on the wall also take pic

beautiful one! Lion's Head mountain.. can u see the Lion Head? (the lion is facing upwards with nose as the mountain peak)

hotel room with crazy girl

Day 3: i love smoked salmon! Yummy! (every breakfast have wor! i'm missing it so much)

on the way to Stellenbosch winelands...

YAY!! here we are.. Stellenbosch!

some say it's like botanic gardens though.. hee

darling with natural vegetation.. haa

horses...!! but didn't get the chance to ride them

silly me chasing fleeing ducks....

at the Cheetah range...

baby cheetahs eating their lunch... they having fresh Turkey meat ok!

maybe that's papa and mama cheetahs.. you know the difference between cheetah and leopard?

me with baby cheetah and baby ostrich.. so cute hor!

MR. OWL......... it's daylight now.. hmmm.. shouldn't you be sleeping, you nocturnal animal!

The Wine Center at Stellenbosch

can u see the grapes?? (actually i can't see from the pic)

Wine Tasting! had 5 different glasses to taste... WE LOVE WINE!

Mr Wine.. explaining the types of wines and the techniques of wine tasting

African buffet for lunch.. very smoky.. bleh

i like the African style tentage at the eating area though..

darling's meal.. fish, mutton, ostrich satay, cheese, tomatoes...

Face painting!! but on hand..

next.. we went to the Strawberry Farm...

huge strawberry plantations... pay only SGD$2 for a box of fresh red strawberries.. but u have to pluck them all urself..

can u see the many scarecrows...?

spot the red berry!

WOW! looks so nice hor.. dun bear to eat..

nice scenary too...

obasan choosing dried fruits and fruit dainties..

next destination.. shopping at Century City (said to be the largest shopping mall in the southern hemisphere.. dunno true anot?)

trying to take the background actually..

ice skating ring with Huskies...

we are at Victoria & Alfred Waterfront! (high class shopping mall at the harbour with pubs and restaurants -- like Paragon combines with Clarke Quay)

clouds hovering the rock mountains..

beautiful!

craft market at the harbour...

we bought some souvenirs from this shop in the craft market...

signage

crowded ah... mostly all whites there.. no much blacks around
(Interestingly, the blacks dun mind to be called "The Blacks"..)

Beautiful Husky! saw one by a pub and managed to snap a pic with it.. so precious!

Muslim houses with flat tops... with Signal Hill behind

view from Signal Hill.. nice nice!!

enjoying the natural beauty of cape town

Table Mountain behind darling

this is how windy it is on Signal Hill.. look at my hair!

i love this pic.. Sunset on Signal Hill

high view of Cape town

Day 4: on the way to Camps Bay and Clifton

really "postcard" scenery of Clifton.. (it's very windy)

behind the houses are the 12 apostles (rock headlands).. actually more than 12.. clouds hovering all of them

the sea very blue and nice hor!

look at the rocks and waves...

on the way to Hout Bay... (pic taken from coach)

here we are.. at Hout Bay (I looked traumatised by the natural beauty of Cape Town)

and there we go.. =) for our Seal Cruise ride at Hout Bay

nice scenary again.. darling loves taking his "Kodak Moment" shots..

me with small eyes.. due to glaring sun

yeeeeeeeee! Seals! at Duxton Island

closer view... there's alot of them.. i wonder are they fed here by humans?

lovely pic with seals

i tell u.. the cruise ride is like Viking! the waves are very big and hence, made my heart drop.. like thriller ride :p

Hout Bay

pretending to look cool (though slightly sick due to the thrill)

Ostrich eggs... so many designs..

we bought 3 eggs from her after much bargaining.. no wonder her face black black.. (eh... but her natural face is black wat!)

Chapman's Peak

we just simply love the scenary.. mountains and sea..

along chapman's peak road..

me standing up to see the beauty of nature from the coach...

road through the rock mountains.. i wonder how they construct it?
btw, BMW advertisement is taken along Chapman's Peak road...

I think this is around Simon's Town... too many beaches *confused*
but who cares.. eye pleasing can liao!

Welcome to the mineral world......

We just love snapping pictures.. *grins*

Lily and Jasmine (2 flowers wor!)

our Best meal! LOBSTER lunch.. 1.5 lobsters with fish kebah, fries and butter-baked rice

darling looking so satisfied with his food!

and got Sundae ice cream some more leh.. before main course got corn soup also..

False Bay.. we 'tabao' some sand back.. haha

We arrived at the Boulders after lunch..

to see African Jackass Penguins...

have to walk this passage way in...

and tata!! PENGUINS!! so cute right?

however, they are all stoning... all look up to the sun in one direction only.. and not really moving.. but they are real wor.. haha not fake!

this is really a postcard pic.. it explains itself why.. (yes dar, *nods nods* you have good photography skills)

African Jackass Penguin with PINK eyelids..(that's their unique feature, different from others)

on our way to CAPE POINT where Cape of Good Hope is

YAY! arrived at Cape Point

walking up the long stairs to the famous lighthouse

directions to the different parts of the world

<>
the main reason we travelled to South Africa..
the point where the Altantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean meets..

wow.... look at the scenery behind us...

*wave wave* can see us?

a wider view... we still waving there...

We are actually VERY fortunate to see the Cape of Good Hope! Thank God!

on the way to Table Mountain..

cable car up to Table Mountain is finally open! it was closed the previous days due to strong wind..

there we are!!! Sooo happy, satisfied and colddddd!

we are in the midst of clouds..... so VERY COLD!

YAY!!!!

Red me with blooming Yellow flowers...

the cable car station at the top of the Table Mountain

i love this picture! the 'line' of the ocean.. and the shimmering sunlight..

Niagara Falls? no... this is clouds not water! clouds hovering on the mountain top

woooh... i'm gonna blow up this photograph!

smilessss... (looks like i'm going to fall off)

if only i am back there now.. i wish..

the rocks of Table Mountain

us going down.. in Cable car.. it's those rotating type..

darling with Spectacular Cape Town.. leaving tomorrow le.. sobs sobs..

Our Cape Town coach driver... Jerome!

Day 5: @ Cape Town domestic flight airport.. we are going to Johannesburg!

Kelvin, Jasmine, Kailin, Hong Lan, Lily, Philip (left to right)

flying on South African Airways.. a 737 domestic flight

on the plane to Johannsburg.. *excited*

reached Johannesburg!!!

@ Woolsworth again packing more food and water...

"if you can fit under my hand, you only pay R50"
me counted?

Welcome to the GOLD REEF CITY!

the GOLD "FREEZED" MAN! who tried to scare me..

The Gold Pour

the orangey liquid thingy is real molten GOLD!

can see the gold bar that is hardened?

if u can lift that Gold bar with ur thumb and index finger, it's yours!

African Tribal Dance... very colourful hor

Blacks in Red

one 6 packs, one so fat.. haha.. (not refering to dar)

Gold Mine Tour

We are going into a REAL Gold Mine.. though now its operations has stopped since 1977 and it's now a Museum.. From the pic, u can see that it's already 3200m below land... but we are only going 230m deep down

us (with funny helmets and torchlights) in a metal cage elevator bringing us 230m deep

reached! time to dig Gold...

this is the walking path.. rather narrow and small, so those with Claustophobic can't go in... but it's not stuffy, i guess they pumped cool air down...

our friendly gold mine tour guide explaining how they used to produce Gold

That's an example of a man mining gold..
Look at the rocks... the black spots in the rocks contain unprocessed Gold..

stop midway to buy fresh fruits from a fruit peddler

on our way to SUN CITY!!!!!! a huge themepark in South Africa...

our Sun City hotel.. 'Sun City Main Hotel'

my sweetheart

the lift button, unique ah!

frog also wanna take?!? -.-"

YAYYYYY! I love South Africa!

Sun City's Entertainment Center

night view of the shaking bridge.. (the bridge physically rocks.. but very slightly)

us with a majestically stone Elephant

Jackpot machines in the Casino

the X'mas bear is sleeping comfortably...

We like the beautiful ART (Nature design) walls...

dar with ice cream waffles.. yummy! there was a wide variety of sauces.. maple, honey, butterscotch, cinnamon, chocolate, strawberry etc etc..

the gold coins are floating!

colourfully decorated with casino chips...

Jokers and Dices

Day 6: Yummy breakfast at Sun City

Wow! we miss smoked salmon, ham, bacon and eggs........

day view of the shaking bridge

Carved baboon and elephant...

South Africans have amazing art skills...

introducing 'Valley of the Waves'.. (a pool with man made waves and we were all swept by it!)

Swim Wear~~ !

*smiles innocently*

Wooo..Horse Riding! darling is on DJ! I'm on Copper..

Out on our mountainous ride.. DJ is very good and tame, under dar's control.. Copper is young and energetic, needs to be held by his trainer..

Copper loves and needs to take the lead.. He galloped and almost throw me off once!

Thanks for the ride, dude!.. he walked thoughout the ride holding naughty Copper!

satisfied and happy~!

our helicopter pilot... he look dao hor!

up the helicopter~~~ so excited!

flying soon.. YEAH!!!!!!!

kk.. actually i am scared of the drop effect... not faking.. really scared!
i look pathetic (OEI! dun laugh)

helicopter view of Sun City

so nice wor...

high view of Sun City Palace

Majestic Palace

Horny Fountain.. hehe =p

the black steel doors

majestic palace with majestic walls, furnitures and paintings

deer, lion, hippopotamus

antelope, elephant, zebra

2 lovely couples =)

i like this pillar!! so artistically carved with plants and animals...

Your Highness....

this palace must have spent lots of money on building/decorating expenses

Tiled wall of animals

painting of Afica Map

Afternoon High Tea at the Palace... exclusive for Your Highness and her male concubine.. we were highly served with palace cakes, pastries and tea!

the elephant looks high, agree? because concubine is so sexy! hee

sexy concubine drinking fragrant tea

looks yummy and pretty??? they definitely are!!! oh.. i misssss it.....

4 types of palace sugar.. (haha.. i am so bo liao!)

Your Highness loves carrot cakes...

Your Highness filled with joy and sweetness due to the sweet cakes...
she gave her beloved male concubine gold and diamonds...

ain't the teapot and teacup palacey? (dun think there is such an adjective though)

even the palace ceilings are painted with art

sweettttt!

carvings on the walls

the palace

man made waterfall

cheetah loves butts? in specific, antelope's butt

Chauffeur fetching Your Highness with Mercedes Carriage

to the Entertainment Center to catch a movie

Borat! rather hilarious.. but all dirty jokes

Day 7: morning breakfast! leaving Sun City thereafter

The Big 5 Couple T-shirt! we bought kids' size for nice fit!

AWWWWWW... wanna pinch his cheeks......

@ Lion's Park... papa and mama lions

Elegant mama lion

upon reaching Mabula Game Lodge

this game lodge is a cosy, comfy place..

got welcome drink some more.. =)

stone rhinoceros with BIG horn

such a loving couple... AWWWwwww...

Mabula's dining restaurant

with cute little Kailin

we had a good Game Meat lunch...

our Lodge's private pool

our Lodge with straw ceiling! cosy right? it's really very nice..

sooooooooo romantic and comfortable

with candles also wor! but there's some creepy crawlers at night

darling in bath tub

map of Mabula private game reserve

at the reception area...

waiting to go for our first game drive... to see all the herbivores and the BIG 5! Elephant, Rhinoceros, Buffalo, Lion, Leopard

on our jeep.. smilessssss...! excited to visit our animal friends!

a lovely shot before we drive off

our game drive guide.. Mr. Nelson! He helped to answer my many irritating questions.. hee

drive way with the nature and the clear blue sky!

reflections

Warthog... the "Pumbaa" in Lion King

everyone is busy looking everywhere to spot the animals... we saw some shit on the driveway though..

but we won't forget to take pictures.. heehee

1st BIG 5... RHINOCEROS!

Mr. White Rhino busy eating...
do u know that herbivores eat abt 18hrs a day.. alot right?

Impala... we tried it's tough meat later at the carnivore restaurant.. not bad taste..

2nd BIG 5... BUFFALOS!

a calm and traquil photograph! can u see the crocodile?

the Blue Wildebeest... looks fierce too!

a picture of God's wonderful creation

Zebra! so magnificent and outstanding!
we also tried its meat.. wow.. it's nicer than beef!

running Kudu

Giraffe! he seems to be so lonely...
beautiful skin! meat wise... we tried its meat in the carnivore restaurant too.. i don't dare to eat due to the VERY strong smell and taste..

we ate Kudu ball in the Carnivore restaurant.. eh.. i don't like the smell.. dar like it though...

3rd BIG 5... ELEPHANT!
look at her back legs.. she will cross her right leg behind the left when resting! Amazing.. like ladies crossing our legs when sitting!

Elephant family... mama, baby, papa

completed our first game drive!!! yeah, so satisfied! we saw many many animals.. upclose and personal!

is the small black man posing?

darling concentrating on his game meat dinner!

Day 8: 2nd game drive at 5am....
4th BIG 5.. LIONS! we didn't get to try their meat though.. not available..
and we didn't get to see the last BIG 5, leopard.. *disappointed*

these lions are wild and uncaged... one actually ROARED at us.. as we went too near them

so natural...

Gemsbok... its face is like painted

our animal identifying guide

completed our 2nd game drive... =)

Group photo.... everyone look so sweet~~
Philip, why are you holding your Vcam? hee

me on rhino

Welcome to Lesedi!!!

nice outfit..! handmade from many colourful beads....

tribal meeting

African beauty.. like the 'Karen' People in Thailand

gold rings round her neck and legs...

wooden face sculptures.. errrr... i don't really fancy these..

Zulu tribe houses.. made of straw...

she's really using COW DUNG to make the houses..!!! it really STINKS!

a pretty young black girl

Lesedi Cultural Experience

Look at the skeleton of the elephant (if i'm not wrong) behind!

""DARLING""

Lunching at Lesidi... Game Meat again!

we have learnt quite abit on the African's tribal culture!

a Memorial

Pretoria City tour.. we are on a hill.. to have a top view of Pretoria, the capital of South Africa!

handsome on the hill

greenary

WOW! undescribable!

Government building in Pretoria

Carnivore Restaurant to have our Carnivore Dinner

having our last supper (aka dinner) in South Africa

he looks quite creepy.. dunno why..

African sculptures and paintings...

The Carnivore Menu