N. Chrystine’s travelogue

Beautiful gifts in the curio shop

Beautiful gifts in the curio shop

Well stocked shelves in the Maropeng gift shop.

Outdoor Cafe

Outdoor Cafe

It was a clear winter day, but still warm enough to eat al fresco.

Front Entrance

Front Entrance

Entrance to Maropeng

Maropeng Entrance Sign

Maropeng Entrance Sign

Entrance to the Museum at the Cradle Of Humanity, Tumulus at Maropeng

Rugby This Weekend

Rugby This Weekend

In South Africa rugby is everywhere. A sign outside a pub @ Hout Bay.

Oncoming traffic

Oncoming traffic

Zebu cattle and herders returning from Ambalavao

Sifaka...Otherwise Known as the Dancing Lemur

Sifaka...Otherwise Known as the Dancing Lemur

Sifaka in Central Madagascar

Sacred Elands

Sacred Elands

Cave paintings from southern Africa of the sacred eland

A Different Sort of Springbok Fan

Story written 18 February 2008

Back home I'd be wearing a cheesehead to cheer on the Green Bay Packers, but the South African rugby team was taking on the All Blacks. A tomboy does what she has to wherever she is.

Silas Playing His Drum

Silas Playing His Drum

Silas practicing for the festival.

N. Chrystine Olson

N. Chrystine Olson has been a member since 5 February 2008 and goes by chrysser.

Currently in Idaho kissing the Canadian Border.

Subscriber since May 2008!

I am an endangered species: in my mid-forties, never married, no kids, circumstances making for an eclectic footprint on the planet thus far. It as been an interesting ride. I'm beginning to think I have the mystical “novelty seeking” gene implanted somewhere in my DNA.Typcal tourism has never been for me. In my wanderings I've helped track endangered kangaroos, rebuilt sailboats and wrangled rhinos. Sitting still for awhile in northern Idaho, trying to write it all down

You can also find N. Chrystine at www.wranglingrhinos.com.

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