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Tolin's 2024 World Cruise blog posts, Day 88 Apr 6, 2024, Richards Bay, South Africa, Bonamanzi Game Reserve {WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN!}

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In  Africa , the   Big five game   animals are the lion, leopard, rhinoceros ,   elephant , and   African buffalo .   The term was coined by   big-game hunters   to refer to the five most difficult animals in Africa to hunt on foot,   but is now more widely used by game viewing tourists and   safari   tour operators.   They are examples of   charismatic megafauna , featuring prominently in popular culture, and are among the most famous of Africa's large animals. The 1990 and later releases of   South African rand   banknotes   feature a different big-five animal on each denomination. Countries where all can be found include   Angola ,   Botswana ,   Eswatini ,   Kenya ,   Malawi ,   Mozambique ,   Namibia ,   Rwanda ,   South Africa ,   Tanzania ,   Uganda , the   Democratic Republic of the Congo ,   Zambia   and   Zimbabw e  Mo...

Tolin's 2024 World Cruise blog posts, Day 83, Apr 1, 2024, Visit old and new Delhi; visit Qutub Minar, 240-feet high Minaret

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  Beginning of a ROUGH-shaw journey in "streets" of old-DOWN-town Delhi.  Most pictures in this section were taken at 2-4 mph in the midst of a non-sprung bump. One-man-power pedal carts Absolutely NO padding on structure of carts Look closely at monkey on AC unit above "A" At least two monkeys above Monkeys under the eves No way to describe how narrow or rough these narrow "streets" are BIG monkey above "Gorvi's" Cows are sacred in India Dog enjoying sun on car roof top Umbrellas hanging from overhead wires End of photos from bicycle ROUGH-shaw Transition to "New Delhi" Crematorium for Mahatma Gandhi Bamboo ladder WW I memorial Indian Air Force Qutb Minar, Delhi, India The  Qutb Minar , also spelled   Qutub Minar   and   Qutab Minar , is a   minaret   and "victory tower" that forms part of the   Qutb complex , which lies at the site of Delhi's oldest fortified city,   Lal Kot , founded by the   Tomar   Rajputs. It con...