Lori Visits South
Africa - Pretoria Area - Nov 2003 (click any picture to get enlargement) |
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Lori & Dave decided to
Their flights went from Green Bay, Wisconsin to
Chicago, Illinois ... then |
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We quickly toured the Capital city of Pretoria to give them an idea of the city in which Nicole and I live. |
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South Africa was "settled" only a couple of hundred years ago; like America. |
Lori is still wide awake! |
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Lori & Dave with the more lush suburb areas of Pretoria behind them. |
Nicole's work place (Swiss Embassy) & Jay's Mini. |
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Many neighborhoods are gated for security. |
Most work is manual, as labor is very cheap. |
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We visited the large Farm Inn Guest Lodge which was reported to have lions cubs.
Unfortunately the cubs had outgrown their cage
and were too far out in |
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... and the restaurant facilities, which was great. We also found many ... |
... skins & mountings of the wildlife we hoped to see during the next week. |
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I warned Dave not to go... |
... as women act "funny" around big diamonds! |
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The mine goes quite deep and extracts many tons of ore each hour. |
The current equipment is very modern but the old stuff was fun to look at. |
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The flowering bushes brightened up the area. |
The locals also sold colorful arts & crafts. |
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We visited the local theme park & rode rides until the rain forced us to quit. |
We then visited the casino, where Dave was the only winner. |
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Even though we saw ... |
... many nice areas, ... |
... there were lots of poor. |
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... and lower classes ... |
... differ substantially. |
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Click
here to see pictures from the Lion & Rhino game reserve |