**Johannesburg**

The town of Pretoria, from the Union building..look, the gardens span all the way down man!
Fabz in the gardens right below the Union building
The massive Union Building where Nelson Mandela was inaugurated in 1910 and its the same place that Sir Paul Kruger was inaugurated too in 1902 ( he was of Dutch descent)
The Voortrekker Museum

This is the monument to commemorate the Voortrekker family
Intricately designed windows and the marble sculptings below it depicted the entire story of the Great Trek, which is how the Voortrekker ("immigration") family migrated from the Dutch armies to British sand. The whole journey started in 1835 -1852 and it is said to be the largest migration ever from the Northeastern region to Cape Town.
From the top of the world on looking..down on the memorial tomb...as we were so high up, there was this eerie feeling and yups,...we hastily made our way down immediately..
Up on the roof of the building, the view was breathtaking and haha, the entire place was surrounded by traditional Dutch and German farm wagons
This is not a painting, do not be misled, it is entirely cross-stitch...completed beautifully by a group of women who were part of the founders of this museum
We were at the Bruma Flea Market and we actually had to pay a cover charge of 10 rand to enter, daylight robbery man!its just a flea market..but a pretty vast one too!
Wah...trays and trays of the much-sought after jewel...sigh..why do pretty things have to cost so much? There's Mr. and Mrs.Tam, ex-MD of Texas Instruments, choosing their stones
A bit bout diamonds: it is characterised based on 4 criterias, cut,colour,clarity and carat but the "si lais" added another "C"= cost, and De Beers is "the" place for diamonds, and it was in 1888 during the De Beers consolidation. They manufacture diamonds in 4 ways: either the open pit which is mainly done in Botswania, underground minings, coastal which is mainly Namibia or marine which is off the coast of Namibia mainly
The 4 carat diamond, with SI2 inclusions (slight inclusions) and of F colour (very good) and costing round 2 million rand...wah..
Upon leaving Joberg for Cape town, we said goodbye to our darling tour guide, Happiness which is Jaibulan/Diabhi in her own native language. Thank you so much! "Enkohsi!"

Winnie Chan!Here's a toast to your aunt's chain restaurants, its so famous, i even went to have dinner der when i was in south africa!

Ostrich Ranch and the Waterfront...Cape Town

The Hung junior clan...mmm love us all so much..
What? Where?Who?Ha? hehehe...There lor...no there! Ai yo....hahhaha
Family portrait at the V&A Waterfront...it was awesome
this is an ostrich egg....which would hatch after 42 days and an ostrich fetus,preserved in formalin
An ostrich skeleton: with a brain weighing 40 g, and a body of 150 kgs, an ostrich had 19 vertebrae,and it had a v strong breast skeleton that served as a protector. Oh, its eyes were larger than its brain..so seriously, you would not want an ostrich brain..
Our in-house lunch which was none other than ostrich meat...with chicken, kebab and homemade soup+bread..sorry mr ostrich...
Mummy feeding the Mr.Ostrich corn....they also ate pellets ( grass + corn) and calcium supplements to strengthen their poor bones...
Fabz and Rachel at the entrance to the Ostrich Ranch
Hail the Ostrich egg...do not underestimate the weight it could bear, a whooping 150 kg!!
hehhe.....posing with the ostrich
Outside the ranch
Are these ostriches? Pls do not be mistaken, these are the emus, which are slightly smaller than the ostriches but mind you, their beaks are way sharper and they can potentially bite off your finger
Strolling slowly past us, this is Mr.Ostrich

Cape Town..

Outside the Fish Hook corner, at the GalleryMum was soo shocked when a pigeon landed on her hand and pecked the chip off her fingers hahahaha
The pigeons were sooo cute and tame...they were not scared of humans at alll
Feeding the starving seagulls...with french fries from our lunch
Our lobster lunch...with fish kebab and prawns...and loads of chips for the seagulls haha
The ever friendly Capetonians...dancing their traditional moves at the dock
During the city tour, we saw the City Hall...taken from the coach
Welcome to the Haut Bay harbour...we were going to see seals, a male seal would weigh bout 200 kg whilst the female out 80 kg and they had an average 20 yr expectancy
Random pics on the way to see the seals...
The many cruise boats..ready for Robben and Seal Island..some were glass bottom vessels
At the harbour before going on the boat
Taking the cruise boat to the Seal Island

Seal Island...
Look at the lazy seals....hundreds of them lying around in the sun
Us bargaining for a intricately carved souvenir...a huge ostrich egg with drawings of Sth Africa... and the money was for a good cause, to the Sth Africa HIV foundation...
Mummy with the boats and yatches behind, they are all privately owned, so yes, there are many rich ppl in Sth Africa
The v busy Flea Market at the dock...goodness were there many souvenirs
This seal was so huge, we were thinking of how his owner, who had him for 25 years brought him der and back...his ears were really tiny and he loved it when you stroked him like that hehe
Just cant get enough of the Atlantic...
At the Award-winning Greek Fisherman Restaurant, at the Waterfront..it was super yummy as we enjoyed succulent lobsters, calamari, clams, fresh fish and prawns...all with a tinge of lemon..dimmm man

South Africa..continued

Coming up....False Bay and Penguin BayWelcome to the beautiful town of False Bay with Simon Town not to far off

False Bay..home of the rich and famous, where one apartment costs at least 2 million Rand and the numbers start rising from there
We could just sit here, sip a cup of hot tea and enjoy the beautiful view the whole day long~~
Posing as usual...we are super cam-whores man...hahha
us Hung sisters, "wouldn't it be great to own a place in False Bay? with your back facing Table Mt and the front overlooking the majestic Atlantic Ocean..it would be just perfect to be a Capetonian"
hello Boulders Penguin Bay!! yeah...we love penguins: A lil note, they are mainly the Emperor Penguins (aptenodytes forsteri), Chinstrap penguin (pygoscelis antarctica), Rockhopper penguin (enchyptes churysocare) and the African penguins (spheniscus demersus)
this adult penguin, making its way to the sea for a dip...
Penguin Bay...where penguins go through different stages of life: Getting started, Growing up and survival. These stages are futher divided to many others; namely braying, pair bonding, vitualised behaviour, mating,nesting,breeding,chicks,baby blues and adult life while Survival comprises moulding, desalination, foraging and vulnerability

*takes deep breath* don't i feel great with the sea breeze caressing my face..

look at them, basking in the sun...

so "ke ai", this is a baby penguin, see the brown coat it has..it will shed once it reaches adult life