The Amazing Weaver Bird

This is a tree outside the office of the Zululand Yacht Club in Richard's Bay, South Africa. Weaver Birds make their nests in the tree and it was a scene of frantic activity during the entire month we were there....As we understand it, the males build the nests. If the nest is not to the females satisfaction, the female pulls it down and the entire process starts over. From one of the discarded nests, photographed where it fell in the parking lot, you can see the carefully woven strands that seemed impressive to us, even if they did not meet the female's high standards.

Africa has animals!

So, we went on a trip to a game park and saw lots of animals....and we took these photos. They are not, as has been suggested by our offspring, photos that we downloaded from some website.

We are in South Africa. November 10, 2008

(Google Earth -28.7931, 32.0832) We have arrived in Richards Bay, South Africa, the most eastern port in the country. We are moored at the Zululand Yacht Club and will be here until at least mid-December. Since April, we have sailed from the east coast of Australia, across the Indian Ocean, and south along part of the African coast, a distance of more than 9,000 nautical miles.