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South Africa

Going straight to the Kruger upon arrival and trying the Megane Scenic...

Seeing elephants early on, and so many animals in 24h
Getting my first close wildlife shots, even if just a hornbill

Hyenas attracted by the barbecue smell around our camp (and the first night woken up by them and lions)

Beauty and variety of the African wildlife
First sight of a lion

Zebra posing for photographs

The dash to Blyde River canyon and back to Pretoria
Dazzling wildlife in St Lucia, famous for its crocs and hippos

The ride out to the Indian Ocean and back, to dive at Sodwana Bay

Seeing a python basking in the sun during a morning bush walk

Animals coming to drink at a waterhole in Mkuzi, especially a rhino and its baby

Driving so close to rhinos in Hluhluwe
Unphased girafe at the top of a hill in Hluhluwe

Jumping humpback whales
     
Old lion right next to my car in the morning at Hluhluwe

Lanscapes of Maputaland, home of the Zulus

Driving at night and imagining animals everywhere Sleeping in the car and getting up before dusk to see animals as much as possible

 

Namibia

Game meat dinner arriving in Windhoek

Stopping along the road for a view, or to see nature / wildlife

Camping in Sesriem

Climbing Dune 45, seeing the sunrise, and tumbling back down

Dunes, colors and desert life on the way to Sossusvlei
Desert as far as the eye can see, and Dead Vlei, a dried up lake

Camping in the Naukluft, and the spooky night there

Walking the Waterkloof Trail
Solitaire and other desert places on the way to the Coast

Flamingoes in Walvis Bay
Welwitschia mirabilis

Sand, flat tires and our organisation skills on Namibian roads

Seal colony of Cape Cross
Baby seal suckling in Cape Cross
Morning ride in the Waterberg
Sunset at the waterhole in Halali camp

Lionness on the move in the open spaces of the Etosha Pan

Dryness of the Etosha Pan
Namutoni camp waterhole: 37 elephants and many other animals right next to our bungalow

African wildlife, such as gemsboks, especially at waterholes
 
Hundreds of zebras coming to drink in a line

Lion cubs and many other lions on the last day

Ostrich and chicks crossing the road on our way out of Etosha

Elephants in Etosha (including a lone male chasing our car)

 

Egypt

Salah-al-Din mosque

Cairo museum, including the mummies

Tutankhamon's treasure

The Gizeh pyramids in the mist

Lending the sphinx a nose

Going inside pyramids

Escape with a taxi driver to Saqqara, Dachour and back by ferry boat

Sunrise on Abu Simbel

Walking around to see the people, nature and quiet life on the Elephantine island

Markets

Philae temple and island

Felouquas and the Nile River banks

Kom Ombo at night

Edfu temple, with its famous Horus

Karnak temple, its rams, hypostyle room, scarab, obelisks and lake

Louxor temple, with its row of sphinx, statues, and even mosque

Paintings in tombs of the Valley of the Dead

Running to catch a view of Deir El Bahari

Egyptian art in all its various forms
Louxor museum, and the few art objects representing Akhenaton

Tunisia

 
Ruins of Carthage

Sidi Bou Said

Souk of Tunis

Visiting Bizerte



Morocco

   
Essaouira

Hassan II Mosque
Marrakech souk

   

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