Monday, November 24, 2008

Africa Day Two - Kirstenbosch

Can you imagine leaving a place where two million people live in painfully undeveloped conditions and 15 minutes later you see this?
Welcome to Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden.  A truly beautiful place.  South Africa is truly a place of contrasts.  Beaches and mountains. Wealth and poverty.

If I was into trees and nature, I would have loved my Kirstenbosch experience more.  Instead, I found this gorilla statue carved out of a tree to be the garden's most interesting feature.
To be fair, I was feeling sicker and sicker as the day went along.  That cold I caught in Germany is taking advantage of the lack of rest and water.  Time to drink as much water as I can find, I think.

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