Africa
Sunrise as we start our Safari
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At Blyde River Canyon - the 3rd largest in the world
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People ignoring the sign at the canyon
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Blyde River Canyon
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Monkeys on the side of the road - the first animals we saw
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An Animal Orphanage that we Visited
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Lion at the Animal Orphanage
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Lion
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Wild Dog
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Wild Dog
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Cheetah
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Cheetah and her cubs
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Cheetah Yawning
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Cute Cheetah Cub
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Cheetah Sitting
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Cheetah on Rock
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Lion
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Lion eating
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Lion
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Sunset the first day
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Our Campsite
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Bones at the animal orphanage from the food the animals are given
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Sunset the first day
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Sunset the first day
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Sunset the first day
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The Elephant Chris Woke up to Just Outside the Tent
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The signs at the private game reserve we stayed at
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The cat at the campsite
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Crocodile on our river cruise
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Hippos
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Termite Mound
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Hippo
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Our Campsite from the River
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A Giraffe
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Hippo Entering the Water
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Hippo Entering the Water
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Lots of Hippos
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A Huge Crocodile
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More Hippos
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The Same Huge Crocodile
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Giraffe
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Giraffe
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The River
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A Crocodile
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Monkey
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Bird sitting on poo
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Some Bird
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Monkeys in a Tree
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Entering Kruger National Park
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Impala - there are more of these than any other animal in Kruger so we saw a TON
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Impala
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More Impala
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More Impala
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The McDonalds of Africa as they say (the big M on the Impala's butt)
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Some animal =)
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Impala
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Elephant (one of the big 5)
We saw a ton of elephants too so these are just a few pics we took before we got bored by elephants.
Elephant Eating
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Elephant
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Some antelope thing - I think was one of the rare ones
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Hippos beside the river
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Lots of school groups went to the national park
They were very interested in our group and would introduce themselves to us or just talk to us
Zebras and Wildebeests
They often hung out together for safety in numbers
Wildebeest
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Wildebeest
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More Wildebeests
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Wildebeest
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Elephants and Hippos by the River
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Mom and Baby Giraffes Crossing the Road
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Wild Boar
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Spider webs in the trees
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Elephant drinking out of a water hole
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Elephant drinking out of a water hole
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Elephant drinking out of a water hole
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Elephant drinking out of a water hole
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Elephant drinking out of a water hole
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Elephant drinking out of a water hole
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Rhino (one of the big 5) - this is the only one we ever saw
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Buffalo (one of the big 5)
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Rhino
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Buffalo
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Buffalo in the road
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Flags at a visitors center in the park
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Flowers at a visitors center in the park
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Sunset the 2nd day
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Sunset
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Buffalo
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The group relaxing before dinner
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Wildebeest
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Wildebeest
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A small antelope thing - it is about knee high
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Ostrich
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Everything about elephants are big
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Buffalo
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Zebra
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Zebra
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Zebra
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The Tropic of Capricorn
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Chris Dancing at the Tropic of Capricorn
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Zebra crossing the road
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A Hyena
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A Hyena
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Our bags took up half the tent!
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Elephant with trunk problems
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Elephant
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Monkey Crossing the Road
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The ranger who took us on 8 hours worth of tours (and her gun to protect us)
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Sunset the 3rd night - not as good
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Hyena lying in the road for the warmth of the pavement
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A Hyena on the side of the road
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Leapard tracks - we thought this was all we would see of them
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Giraffe crossing the road
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Giraffe
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Zebra crossing the road
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Crocodile
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Elephant
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Some Birds
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Giraffe crossing the road
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Buffalo
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Zebra
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Our first look at a Leapard (one of the big 5)
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The leapard sees us
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Leapard
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Leapard gracefully walking
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The zebras that the leapard was watching
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Leapard
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Leapard
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The van gets towed
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The pretty logo of our tour company
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Zebras and Impala drinking
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A dead buffalo - it was recently killed since Hyenas hadn't cleaned the bones
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A village outside of Kruger
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A dead buffalo
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The group dines at the campsite
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The group at the bar at the campsite
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One of the Italians imitating a stuffed Cheetah
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A taxi
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Chris and a stuffed lion
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ice in the urinals in Botswana - we have no idea why
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A car that broke down and then got stripped
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A taxi
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Our campsite in Botswana (the bar)
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Deocoration at the bar
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Our tour guide, van, and camp
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Camping on the sand - Chris's favorite
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Pool at the campsite - used more by animals than people
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The campsite - Elephant Sides
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Chris and Megan in the back of the van
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A truck accident
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Cleaning up the truck accident
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On the ferry to Zambia - Zimbabwe is in the background
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Cars getting off the tiny ferry at the border
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The tiny ferry that trucks waited up to 2 weeks to get on
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A well packed truck
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The booze cruise in Livingstone (Victoria Falls) Zambia
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Monkeys on the side of the river
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A Micro-lite flight over Victoria Falls
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Sunset
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The moon in the daylights
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Sunset on the booze cruise
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Sunset
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At the bar at the campsite in Livingstone
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G (our tour guide) and his girl
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Victoria Falls - our first glimpse
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The falls
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The falls
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The bridge across from the falls where people bungee jump
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the falls
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the falls
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the falls (we thought all of these pics were great so couldn't get rid of any)
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the falls with a rainbow
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the falls
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the falls
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Chris and Megan at Victoria Falls
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the falls
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The falls
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the top of the falls - you could wade in the water and hope you didn't go down
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the falls
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our helicopter pilot
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the mist from the falls in the helicopter
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a monkey at the top of the falls
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the canyon below the falls
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the canyon
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Megan and Chris at the Falls
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The helicopter we went in
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helicopter comming to pick us up
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Lion002
13-15 month old
Lion001
13-15 month old lion
Lion003
13-15 month old
loins walking
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Lion encounter004
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Lion encounter003
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Lion encounter002
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Lion encounter001
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just in case we needed some protection
Elephant gun
loin
loin encounter
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Vic Falls
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Vic Falls
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pics from the helo
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bridge
were the bungee jump off
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pics from the helo
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pics from the
sunset
sunset over the zambeze river
using your head
when your hands are full use your head
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pics from the helo
livingston market
shopping in town at the market
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before megan sat on her tail
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Lion encounter001
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Sable antelope that is endangered
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zambeze river
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Lion Encounter002
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Thailand
Megan Shopping at the Market
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You can find anything you need
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At the enormous
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Market!
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Is safety a concern?
A man rides a moped with propane tanks on the back
Some Pretty Statue
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The Grand Palace
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The Grand Palace
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Some Pretty Building
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More stuff we didn't understand
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Buda Statues
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The inside of the Tuk Tuk we rode
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Megan Driving the Tuk Tuk
The engine was between the driver's legs and it was hot even after it sat parked for 10 minutes - how uncomfortable!
A pretty fountain
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The fountain again
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The pool in Phuket
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The fountain/pool in Phuket
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A fountain at the hotel in Phuket
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Phi Phi Islands
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Phi Phi Islands
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The island where the beach was filmed
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The Beach island
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The Beach
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The Beach
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The Beach
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The Beach
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Swimming at THE Beach
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Tsunami Warning Signs at The Beach
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The Beach
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The Beach
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The Islands
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Fish off the boat
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People protecting birds in a cave
People camp in the caves to protect the birds because their nests are a delicacy in China (Birds Nest Soup)
Pretty View
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Feeding the fish off the boat
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Feeding the fish off the boat
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Feeding the fish off the boat
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Monkey at Monkey Beach in Phi Phi Island
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More Monkeys
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More Monkeys
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Mom and Baby Monkey
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Mom and Baby Monkey
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Mom and Baby Monkey
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more monkeys
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more monkeys
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Monkey gets on the boat for a banana
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Monkeys
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A frieght boat
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Monkey Beach
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Some Islands
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Some Islands
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Pretty view
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A Tsunami Warning Station
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Megan enjoying a beer (maybe a little too much)
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Tsunami warning signs
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Tsunami warning signs
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Tsunami evacuation map
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Pretty picture
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A pool at the hotel
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The guard at the hotel who checks trunks before cars can get to the hotel
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Big City
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More buildings and Traffic
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Traffic
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Aunt Pat, this one's for you
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Traffic
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Night Markets
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Night Markets
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Chris relaxing in Phuket
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Megan picks up the maids 'cart'
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Tuk Tuks
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Chris gets fitted for his coat
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On the plane to Jo'Burg
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The flight path from Bangkok to Jo'Burg
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