Noeleen and Christine Riordan travel to
Africa to visit their Grandma

Noeleen rests while travelling through South Africa to visit her Grandmother

Noeleen spots this Secretary Bird swooping on tasty poisonous snake.
It will kill the snake with powerful kicks while protecting itself by folding its wings forward

Noeleen spots a young giraffe

This toothless senior citizen is not able to effectively hunt any more - see his ribs and lower jaw

Christine learns to drive in South Africa. It is 45C. The steering wheel is on the right hand side.

Christine nervously scans for wild animals

Christine spots an elephant approaching her car

It is a mistake to carry citrus in a vehicle when there are elephant around.

Christine explores an elephant path through the dense bush.
Elephant herds create these paths.

Christine finds a sun-bleached elephant scull

Christine finds that elephant appear suddenly

Noeleen scans for wild animals.
Perhaps she does not realize that elephant are close by.

Christine spots this pregnant rhino

Christine rests while looking for wild animals

Christine rests on a giant anthill

Noeleen accelerates away rather rapidly as this cranky old male rhino charges her car

An elephant herd foraging in this grassland

Driving through a swarm of locusts

A rather large locust looks through the windshield at Noeleen

Hot day + cool water + huge waves = fun for Noeleen

Christine anticipates that this huge wave is about to wash her off these rocks into the wild pool below

Christine enjoys being washed around in this wild pool on the Indian Ocean

and of course Noeleen visits her Grandma. Her Grandma's name is Kathleen Ethel Riordan.

All photographs copyright of Denis Riordan
eMail: riordan@cs.dal.ca