Entries Tagged as ‘south africa’

April 5, 2009

Adventures in KwaZulu-Natal

The carboot sale is slow (see previos post), so I get to get into the latest blog entry…
I had the privilege of adventuring in KwaZulu Natal for four days after a conference. This is the edge of Malaria country, a no-go for Natasha. It is an area that I thought I was not going [...]

January 3, 2009

I did not teach her this, I swear

January 3, 2009

Natasha’s first concert

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Originally uploaded by john_gallo
November 30. We walked allaround the Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden in Cape Town, and on the way back to the car stopped to check out the concert for a few minutes…Great place for a show.  Natasha loved it.

November 3, 2008

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February 3, 2008

The Little Karoo

Companion post to the below: One of the great perks of having visitors is that we get to check places out. A couple of non-work days in the Little Karoo (the study area) were especially nice. Again, the other pics are at Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jgallo/sets/72157603843532817/ these are just a few:

Rock to Root

chillin with [...]

November 23, 2007

pumpin surf

A great swell rolled through earlier this week. When I got in the water it was chest high, when I left it was overhead and a half and building. Had to pull out the cam. I’ll let the videos speak for themselves:
Here is Stuart getting a ride, followed by ?, possibly Garth.
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November 21, 2007

spring is in the air

Well here goes. My first blog post. Gonna start this out in chronological order, so this post is about the cool gull nests I found during the overnight bachelor party. This was right before our morning surf. I’m trying out the link to flickr, lets see how this thing flies.
These are nesting kelp gulls, and [...]