South Africa 3

The extended Mills family from Johannesburg and Cape Town visited us for a day

Tracey and Deidre share a joke

Lindsay, Quintin and Mum catching up on news

John and Johann

The precious nieces, Bianca-Lee and Candice

Christmas Eve and Johann is in a festive mood

Father Christmas came early

Dad and Biance-Lee hanging the Christmas wreath on the front door

Jaco looking after the braai

We keep threatening to enter Dad and Mum's house in the Garden and Home magazine

Christmas Day dawns with a big bowl of Pimms and Lemonade

Jaco, our very own Father Christmas

Johann opening his present from Angela

Too many presents too little space

The permanent grin which is Dad

All set for a festive lunch

Jaco ready to light the Christmas Pudding

Boxing Day dawned and a trip to Featherbed Nature Reserve

Johann enjoying the bumpy ride

The view from the top is awesome

Johann was the carrier of refreshments

We hardly noticed this nest as it was so well hidden in the Aloe

A walk to the cave

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Angela and Debs contemplating the afterlife

A well hidden lizard

Johann and Jaco with our crazy rustafarian guide

Flycatcher

The end of the 2km walk

That evening we attended an open-air concert at Kurland Polo fields

The stage where one of the performers was V from Idols

A day on the beach afterwhich Angela suffered for 2 days with sunstroke

Angela with her dear friend Jayne

Jayne and Claudette cooling off

On New Year's Day we visited friend in Plettenberg Bay for a braai and plenty of Pina Coladas

Karin

Let's toast the New Year!

We went on a family outing to Birds of Eden

Birdie Nyum-nyum

This sure feels like a tropical rainforest

On one of the unusual wooden bridges

Knysna Loerie

Parrots preening

Crane and Flamingoes

Flamingoes with De Mannekin Pis

A happy family

The rare Blue Crane

Johann tempting fate