Travelog for: Stoker

Hello Mum, hello Dad,   

I am back in Sülfeld and visit Dicker Kumpel and aunt Rike again.

   

We tried it again to take a photo of me and the moon. Well - first try:

   

Second try:



Maybe this one is the best?

       

Love
Stoker

Hi Mum, hi Dad,

We flew to South Africa. Isn’t that exciting? I looked out of the window.



On the map I saw that it won’t take too long anymore.



Today we took our first trip here. We went to a colony of penguins, but first I met this nice guy – it was a Dassie.



Then I saw the penguins – there were hundreds!





I went closer to some of them.



Look – there were parents with their child.



These guys were very close to our way.



I wanted to have a photo with this penguin. He was not afraid of us.



It was a nice time here with the penguins!



Back ‘home’ we had delicious Sushi.



It was a lot to eat, but ToyVoyagers are always hungry.



I have a great time here!



Love
Stoker

Hi Mum and Dad,

I am in Hermanus now. It’s a city where you can see whales. We saw some from our balcony – but wanted to see more. A funny taxi brought us to the city center. It is called Tuk Tuk.



From this point we saw one of the whales very close, but unfortunately RikeH took photos of the whale at this moment – and not of me and the whale.



But here you can see how big the whale was. (About 15 meters!)



We decided to walk back to our home. The Cliff Path seemed to be a good idea. There were nice plants next to it.



We had nice views from the Coast and some Whales – but the Whales were too far away for a good photo without zooming.



We took a rest, because the way was long – and we loved this stone formation.





Wow – they have strange but beautiful flowers here.



Can you remember the photo we took half an hour before?  It was nearly the same photo. The path was longer than expected. Because I am an intelligent bat - I travelled in RikeH’s bag.



Fortunately we reached our home – and I want to show you our view from the balcony.



We relaxed in the sunshine after the long walk.



Mum and Dad, have you ever seen a big flower like this one?



Yours
Stoker

Hi Mum, hi Dad,

It was time for adventure –we lived in this tent for 2 nights.



We relaxed next to a beautiful lake and in the late afternoon we went onto a safari in this car.



We watched out for wild animals and saw some – but you cannot see them on the photo – they were far away!



The nature looks different here to my home country!





Our guide told us that maybe a hippo is living in this little lake. But we didn’t meet one here. We saw three others earlier in the afternoon – but it is always the same with these wild animals – they didn’t want to be close to us.



This is a typical tree for this part of the world.



Look – can you see the rhino on the hill? It was amazing – and so big!



Yours
Stoker

Hi Mum, hi Dad,

It was RikeH’s birthday and we sang a wonderful song for her in the morning.





In the morning we visited an ostrich farm and learnt a lot about these birds.



This one was older than the first one we met.



On this photo you can see a family. The black one is the male, the brown one is the female – and you see some children.



Their eggs were soooo big.



Later we saw some stupid people riding on the ostriches.







These 3 (or 4) ostriches wanted to have a group photo with me.



Later we visited the Cango Caves. It was not so easy to take good photos – but I wanted to show you how the cage looked like inside.





Back home in our lodge we relaxed some hours – then it was time for meeting elephants. They should be there behind the lake.



We were really close to the elephants. These elephants were orphans – their parents were killed in the Krüger National Park. Now they were about 10 years old – and really tall!





Look – the elephant played soccer!



It was so interesting to meet them!

We went back to our tent – you can see it far behind me!



Love
Stoker

Hello Mum, hello Dad,

It was our last day in the tent – and I wanted to show you how it looked like.



Before we left we had a morning safari.



It was amazing – we went really close to many giraffes.



There were 10 of it.





We stopped at this wonderful point and saw other animals – but they were far away.



Here you see me with my friends on our vehicle.





I liked this nice flower.



We went to Plettenberg Bay – the world looked different there! We went to the beach.





Yours
Stoker

Hello Mum,  hello Dad,

Today we went to a place called Birds of Eden – the largest free flight bird aviary in the world.

We saw a lot of wonderful birds there .



Can you see this colorful bird? He ran away when he saw me.



There were a waterfall – we walked behind it.



Then we crossed this adventurous suspension bridge.



At the end we came to the ducks, swans and other birds who live on lakes.



These red birds were wonderful!



The last birds were these blue parrots – they were so big!



What a nice day here.



Love
Stoker

Hello Mum, hello Dad,

After visiting the birds yesterday, it was time to visit the Robberg. We saw it from our balcony.



Then we were there – and behind me you can see the beach of Plettenberg Bay – and maybe our hotel far away.



We took a walk on the Robberg – and had amazing views.



Here you see me at the point called the Gap.



Then we went to the other side of the Mountain – another nice beach.



We climbed up the mountain and relaxed, hearing the sound of the ocean.



What a wonderful trip!

Yours
Stoker

Hello Mum, hello Dad,

We drove to a town called Graaff-Reinet and had a wonderful home there. We stayed in the feather baron suite. Look at the beautiful bedroom.



This was the room for the daytime.



A beautiful garden was just in front of our room!



This angel played a song for me.



There was a funny bike with flowers.





Around the pool there were colorful plants.







I would love to have such a nice garden, too.

Love
Stoker

Hello Mum, hello Dad,

I want to show you the house we live at the moment.



Isn’t it beautiful?



We walked around Graaff-Reinet and saw this colorful tree.



This is a typical house for the town.



And look – they have such beautiful church here.



I found another nice plant…



… in front of this house.



In the evening we celebrated my 100th birthday! The other blindfolded me.





Then the others sang a birthday song for me.



And I was allowed to look.



I loved my Birthday Candle.





I had to blow it out – and had a wish free!





Then I receive my presents…





…some roses…



… and a big hug.



We ate my chocolate together – I had a great birthday!



Thanks for your and Murph’s greetings!

Love
Stoker

Hello Mum, hello Dad,

We went to the Camdeboo National Park - and stopped at this beautiful point. We had a great view over Graaff-Reinet.



In another direction I saw this funny mountain.



Then we continued our trip to the Valley of Desolation.



I liked these stone formations.



Today I am a ToyVoyager for one year - it is so great!

Love
Stoker

Hello Mum, hello Dad,

We went to another lodge and had a drive in the afternoon. We saw so many animals – starting with elephants.



There was a big elephant family!



Then we met the hippos.



Earlier the day we saw them outside of the water – you can see them here:  hippo1 and here is a closer look. hippo2

Sometime later we saw cheetahs.



Closer photos here : cheetah1 and cheetah2

Back on the road we saw some antilops and zebras. antilope1, antilope2,  gnu, zebra1 and zebra2.



The last animals for this day were lions – we were very close to them. lion1, lion2 and lion3



It was a wonderful experience!



Love
Stoker

Hello Mum, hello Dad,

I want to show you more of our Lodge. There were many interesting things to see. Here you see wooden characters from South Africa.



I loved this guy.



This was the small pool.



From the pool I saw our tent!



This was the main lodge.



Then I played chess.





Time for dinner?





I have no idea what these things were for. But it was fun playing here.





This place was a little scary.



Back in our room.





This was the view to our balcony.



And here is our balcony. One day we saw baboons on the hill in the back.





In the evening we had another drive and met friendly giraffes again.



And lions. This time you can see them better, I guess.



Yours
Stoker

Hello Mum, hello Dad,

We stayed two nights in a town called Wilderness – and took walk here. It was so funny – we had to cross a river – and used this kind of boat.



We had to use the roped to pull us over the river.



Then we walked on this nice way.



The river looked so nice.



Then I met this beautiful guy.



At the end of the trail we took a rest next to this water fall.



This was the view into the other direction.



Two relatives live here – we had so much fun together.



Back on our way home we saw lovely flowers.



And the river again.



Before we went back into our guest house we went to a place called maps of Africa. Can you see why?



From that place we had a great view over Wilderness and the ocean.



I climbed up a tree – but didn’t see much more from there.



Yours
Stoker

Hi Mum, hi Dad,

This is the church of Montagu, another town on our route.



There were many houses with beautiful gardens.



And a really big tree with so many birds on it.



We didn’t do a lot in this town, because it was so hot – about 32 degrees in the shadow. So we relaxed on our terrace.

Love
Stoker