Waterpark fun

With temperatures hovering around 30 degrees Celsius on a daily basis now, summer is getting hot in South Africa! To escape the heat this weekend, we took refuge at the Sun City water park, Valley of the Waves. With water slides, a wave pool, and a lazy river, it was a fantastic way to cool off. This little guy clearly felt the same way...

Rock on, Lion.

Here is a photo snapped during a recent visit to the Lion Park northwest of Joburg. Indulge me here: I see a highschool couple at a Justin Bieber concert. Anyone else?

Hazy skyline

Not much of a story today, other than a hazy skyline and a bit of graffiti. Truthfully, the city's air gets pretty murky, but the crazy thunderstorms do a nice job of clearing it up from time to time. We're clearly overdue for a storm in this photo...

The hard working guy, himself!

One of my earlier posts showed weaver nests and described the hard work put in by the lovelorn male birds. I spotted this guy hard at work the other day. Hopefully the little lady found the nest acceptable!

Cape Dutch Architecture

Apologies for the delay today - I've been having 'technical difficulties' with the internet until now. Today I thought I'd share a nice example of classic South African architecture. The style, called 'Cape Dutch' is a remnant of the Dutch settlers, or Boers. 

This manor house has been converted to a community centre and library. Not a bad place to job hunt!

The Design Quarter

The Design Quarter is a nice shopping center in the Fourways neighborhood in Joburg. It's home to my favorite yoga studio, plenty of nice design agencies, home decor places, and outdoor dining.
(Dad, I think you'd love it.)

Beauty

South Africa is a complex country, full of stark contrasts. Sure, there are fences and walls, but there are also vast expanses of beautiful, open country. We spotted this lovely sunset on a recent roadtrip.