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Entrance to our Hotel - Arminel
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Part of the 39 steps waterfall - very dry due the prolonged drought in the Eastern Cape
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Start of the 39 Steps Waterfall
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On my morning run...already a warm day...
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Arum lilies in the forest
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Little stone arch bridges on the way to the Swallowtail Falls
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Following the stream towards the Swallowtail Falls
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View from the top of the Swallowtail Falls - very low flow
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Peering over the edge...!
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Looking upstream from the Swallowtail Falls
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Following the steep path into the forest below
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Eastern Cape Monarch
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A beautiful old tree - The Big Tree of Hogsback
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The stories this tree could tell...it's estimated to be over 800 years old!
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Lythophytes
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Lichen and Moss on the boulders
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Assegai - I thought it was just the name of an African Spear!
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One can only imagine what these forests looked like before the intensive logging started...
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Ironwood - I never realised it's part of the Olive Family
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I thoroughly enjoyed my morning run through the indigenous forest
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Old bridge across the Great Fish River - on our way to Addo Elephant Park
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Monument to Andrew Geddes Bain - Road Builder and Geologist
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Geology of the Winterberg Escarpment
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Winterberg Escarpment
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The Queens Road - the Eastern Cape is steeped in history. The British Empire versus the Xhosa.
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"25 years ago people could be excused for not knowing much or doing much about climate change. Today we have no excuse." Arch Bishop Desmond Tutu
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Café D'Vine Grahamstown
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Lunch in Grahamstown
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A beautiful Sally Scott watercolour. Quintessential Eastern Cape Karoo.
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Cathedral in Grahamstown
