Greetings from Cape Town!

chrisinhouston · 03-22-2009, 03:16 PM

Last post before bed! Beware of the Baboons!!! Even if they look like some kind of antelope.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-25-2009, 12:20 AM

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Originally Posted by chrisinhouston

Last post before bed! Beware of the Baboons!!! Even if they look like some kind of antelope.

Chris, this was in the Philly paper today. I said to a cow orker, " Hey, their Baboons look like antelopes". He looked at me very strangely while backing away. Hard to keep the Cellar and real life separate sometimes.

chrisinhouston · 03-25-2009, 01:57 AM

Yes there are signs everywhere in the park warning people against feeding or teasing the baboons. About baboons, I've always wondered one thing... how come they have such a big red ass? Always looks like a bad case of diaper rash!

chrisinhouston · 03-25-2009, 02:51 AM

Decisions, decisions...

Here are the wines that I have purchased at various wineries in the Cape Winelands over the past 2 weekends. Today is Wednesday and we fly out of here on Saturday night. Now I have to decide how much to drink while here in South Africa before having to pack all of this into my wife and my 4 suitcase. We packed lightly and brought big bags so we could load them up but this will take some planning. You need some clothes to wrap the bottles with and to fill the voids int he bags but the goal is not to go over 23kg or about 50lbs per bag. If the 4 of us dine out the remaining evenings and BYOB and pay the incredibly cheap $2.50 or so for corkage we can probably drink between 1-2 bottles per night which is 6 bottles. We could also split a bottle or so at lunch at the game reserve we are going to so that should leave about 12-14 bottles to pack.

Yes, I think that is possible... I love a challenge!

The goal is not to exceed the weight limit or have to add another bag because the charges at the airport are pretty steep and that would defeat the logic of buying these hard to find and great priced wines and bringing them home for the collection. Incidentally, the lowest priced wine I purchaced was about $2.50/bottle and the most expensive was one at $22.00 which is way cheaper then anything from Napa or even the duty free in Europe.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-25-2009, 02:56 AM

So you're saying all future pictures will be blurry.

chrisinhouston · 03-25-2009, 03:31 AM

"Oh the flat plug's connected to the square plug, the square plug's connected to the round plug..."

This is the basic way we hook up to the electric here. South Africa uses a plug similar to the UK but still different enough that you need a special adapter that is not typically available anywhere but here. It looks like a heavy duty one in the states like for a large window AC unit or a clothes dryer. We use a voltage converter to drop the power to 120 and then a 3 into 1 so we can plug in more then one device at a time and then comes our puney little power cords. Luckily the computer AC adapters and my camera battery chargers are duel voltage ready which can eliminate the voltage adapter.

03-22-2009, 03:16 PM	#1
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	Last post before bed! Beware of the Baboons!!! Even if they look like some kind of antelope. Attached Images

03-25-2009, 01:57 AM	#3
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	Yes there are signs everywhere in the park warning people against feeding or teasing the baboons. About baboons, I've always wondered one thing... how come they have such a big red ass? Always looks like a bad case of diaper rash! Attached Images

03-25-2009, 02:51 AM	#4
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	Decisions, decisions... Here are the wines that I have purchased at various wineries in the Cape Winelands over the past 2 weekends. Today is Wednesday and we fly out of here on Saturday night. Now I have to decide how much to drink while here in South Africa before having to pack all of this into my wife and my 4 suitcase. We packed lightly and brought big bags so we could load them up but this will take some planning. You need some clothes to wrap the bottles with and to fill the voids int he bags but the goal is not to go over 23kg or about 50lbs per bag. If the 4 of us dine out the remaining evenings and BYOB and pay the incredibly cheap $2.50 or so for corkage we can probably drink between 1-2 bottles per night which is 6 bottles. We could also split a bottle or so at lunch at the game reserve we are going to so that should leave about 12-14 bottles to pack. Yes, I think that is possible... I love a challenge! The goal is not to exceed the weight limit or have to add another bag because the charges at the airport are pretty steep and that would defeat the logic of buying these hard to find and great priced wines and bringing them home for the collection. Incidentally, the lowest priced wine I purchaced was about $2.50/bottle and the most expensive was one at $22.00 which is way cheaper then anything from Napa or even the duty free in Europe. Attached Images

03-25-2009, 02:56 AM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	So you're saying all future pictures will be blurry. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-25-2009, 03:31 AM	#6
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	"Oh the flat plug's connected to the square plug, the square plug's connected to the round plug..." This is the basic way we hook up to the electric here. South Africa uses a plug similar to the UK but still different enough that you need a special adapter that is not typically available anywhere but here. It looks like a heavy duty one in the states like for a large window AC unit or a clothes dryer. We use a voltage converter to drop the power to 120 and then a 3 into 1 so we can plug in more then one device at a time and then comes our puney little power cords. Luckily the computer AC adapters and my camera battery chargers are duel voltage ready which can eliminate the voltage adapter. Attached Images

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