Photos from Mossel Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa - page 2

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looking out to the ocean...great quality

the Heads of Knysna

Waiting for us and greeted by Dr Nilssen

That's 157 steps up back to the top

A little flower grows in the red lichens on the sandstones

The footpath below the cave

Trying again with a selfie

Nilssen is passionate about the past and future of man

Looking out from the cave where man lived 162,000 years ago

Two layers of sandbags cover the original cave floor to protect and preserve its integrity

Hundreds of discarded stone bits chipped off rocks by early man

My photo op at the entrance to the cave at the Point of Human Origins

Only very small groups are taken in

Different rock formations

Halfway down the 157 steps to the cliff bottom

Looking down the rest of the climb to the steps on the left

The Indian Ocean constantly pounding the rocks below

The caves at Pinnacle Point below the golf course

A travesty... golf course and casino atop the oldest place of human activity

Dr. Peter Nilssen archaeologist

Lecture on Our Origins and Our Future

Horse riding on the beach

Horse riding on the beach

Horse riding on the beach

Amazing kitchen in the backpacker

Horse range in Mossel Bay

1403-53 One of our group (Teena) sitting on an ostrich--it was to hot to ride the ostrich

1403-52 Sharon feeding the ostrich with huge spoon

1403-51 An ostrich in breeding color--red neck and legs

1403-50 Rheas and all other non ostrich ratites have 3 toes

1403-49 This is another ratite bird--a rhea

1403-48 Two toes identify this bird to be an ostrich

1403-47 One of up to 50 foster chicks that are raised by surrogate parents

1403-46 From here you can see how they can trim the quills without hurting the ostrich--bald spots are natural

1403-45 Male Ostrich (black) and female (grey)

1403-44 Ostrich feathers and fashion

1403-43 Items retrieved fro ostrich stomachs

1403-42 Different ostrich food and hen eggs equivalent to one ostrich egg

1403-41 Ostrich eggs in incubator

1403-40 Southern Masked Weaver at Ostrich Ranch

1403-39 Looking back toward the coast that we came from

1403-38 Memorial to polcemen who died on this windy national road

1403-36 Where the original chapel was erected--the first in all of South Africa

1403-37A Post office tree

1403-37B Post office tree mail box

1403-35 Bartholomew Dias

1403-34 An area of Mossel Bay--Munro Bay adjacent to the museum complex

1403-33 One of several murals depicting the history of Mossel Bay

1403-32 One of several ship models--the Hanseatic Cog

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Brief history of South Africa

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After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjug...more history

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