Succulent Sunday: Protea Cynaroides

While we were on a ridiculously long hike in Table Mountain National Park in Cape Town, the other half and I ran into these amazing specimens of King Protea a.k.a. Protea Cynaroides, the National Flower of South Africa. When fully open the flowers are between 6-8 inches in circumference. Truly astounding to behold.

South Africa has thousands of species of flora and fauna which are found nowhere else in the world. In fact, Table Mountain National Park has more biodiversity than the entire continent of North America!

Sunrise in Cape Town, South Africa

Hi... Just a quick post to let my readers know that I have arrived safely in Cape Town, South Africa. I'm on vacation until March 28th, visiting the country (Cape Town, Johannesburg and Pretoria).u

Above (I think) I have posted two shots I took of sunrise this morning (Tuesday March 15, 2011) from the roof of the place I am staying, in the "Gay Village" section of Cape Town called, De Waterkant. South Africa is currently 9 hours ahead of Pacific Daylight Time (6 Hours Ahead of Eastern Daylight Time).

They don't offer unlimited internet usage here, so blogging will be light!

MadProfessah on Vacation in South Africa

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I'm on vacation in South Africa from March 11th through March 28th. I'm flying from LAX (Los Angeles) to LHR (London Heathrow) to CPT (Cape Town) and then after 9 days up to JNB (Johannesburg) where we'll spend 5 days and then back to Los Angeles via London again. 22,526 miles on the Star Alliance (United and South Africa Airways). It's basically a day and a half of travel time in each direction, with 14 days spent on the ground.

I will have internet access, but blogging will be much lighter than usual, with some favorites (such as Monday's Eye Candy and Thursday's Reviews and Celebrity Friday programmed to post automatically).