Home Again -- Photo Links

Hi all -- we're back safe and sound in Washington DC after our month honeymooning in South Africa and Zambia. We had a great time, and met a number of great people. (For news from our time in southern Africa see some of our earlier posts in the archives).

Here are some photos from the South African leg of the trip, and here are a few taken in Zambia. The South Africa photos start with some shots of Durban from the deck of Holger and Andrea's apartment. (Holger and Andrea are the friends we stayed with over there). You'll also see some photos of the two of them, plus plenty of shots of their little ones, Zoe and Noah. And then one or two shots of the beautiful Durban beachfront.

Our first week in South Africa was spent volunteering with an organization named ICare that works with street children in Durban. The next few shots show kids working in an ICare-run schooling and substance abuse rehabilitation program, and the remainder show us playing soccer with some folks at the Umhlanga orphanage.

After our week with ICare, we spent the weekend with Holger and Andrea at the Didima reserve in the Drakensburg mountains. The scenery was dramatic -- almost as spectacular as the All Blacks' win over the Australians that weekend. There are then some photos of us hard at work on a Habitat for Humanity build, and finally some blurry animal pictures from our final weekend in South Africa at the Ithala game reserve (Anne-Claire had the camera).

The Zambia photos are exclusively of and around Victoria falls, near the Zambian town of Livingstone. (We routinely forgot to take the camera out with us during our walkabouts in Zambia's capital city, Lusaka.) The pictures give a hint of the grandeur and overwhelming scale of the falls. However, they hardly do the place justice. It's without question one of the most spectacular natural vistas on the planet. After a day walking around the falls, we took an evening cruise on the Zambezi river (above the falls). The final few photos are of the river, the cruise boat, Anne-Claire's fourth or fifth vodka and orange, and some of the wildlife we saw during the evening. If you get close to the screen and squint you should be able to make out a rhino in the final shot.

Hope that you enjoy the pics. Thanks once again to everyone for kind messages of support.

All our best,
Anne-Claire and Simon