Going Home!!

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I'm in the taxi to the JoBurg airport to head home. What a trip!! I loved every second. My cab driver is cool too. He's from Limpopo and he's never left the country, but if he did he'd want to go to New York, london, Singapore and Dubai but NOT egypt, Nigeria or china! Too many people in china he says.

See you on the other side!

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Leaving Swaziland

Yeah when I said we were taking the scenic route back I really meant we were going completely out of the way to drive through Swaziland! Nice little side trip-- picked up some cool carvings at a small stand on the side of the road which I liked both because they're cheaper than places we've been in SA plus the guys was carving them right there so I was happy to pay :) On to Pretoria!

Bye Bye, Barberton!

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We're off! Taking the scenic route to Pretoria before I fly out tomorrow. The picture above is of Trevor's house :)

Escape to Chimp Eden

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We finished the afternoon at the Jane Goodall Chimpanzee Eden. Basically they rescue chimps from all over the world and rehabilitate them into chimp culture. They were a blast! The babies were rolling over eachother and doing somersalts. Very cute. We heard all of their back stories (there are about 30 chimps there currently) and they were all pretty sad. Some had been chained up in front of clubs or restaurants for entertainment, some were put in circuses while others were accidently mistreated by owners keeping them as pets. They've all made awesome progress in their rehabilitation :)

Gold Mining!!

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We took a tour of the old Barberton hold mine and then went panning for gold!! Very cool. Barberton was the first place they found and mined gold in South Africa.