Assorted Scenes from Africa

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The Mickelsens saved me the trouble of taking a picture of one of the vast fields of pineapples you see here. My guess is that the total acreage in pineapple here in South Africa is greater than that in Hawaii. The warthog in the mud is a common sight and I have one somewhere. The picture I missed was a bog with the parents and four small ones all enjoying a soothing mud bath on a hot African afternoon. The last picture is of what is called an informal housing settlement. A close up would show houses made of anything that could be found lying around, traditional stone, mud and wattle, and a few made of home made cinder blocks. They spring up on the outskirts of townships and cities.



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