Neal got to spend some time outside the Contest for some experience in the culture of Kimberley. Here's another photo set.
Neal Hendrix Photography From South Africa, 2 of 2
Published 10/8/2014 by Rob Meronek
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The wildest animals in Africa actually came from Tampa. Scotty the Body pictured here.
Every year in Kimberley, one of the highlights are the 5am mini-Safari's with The Boardr Head Judge, Jason Rothmeyer
Our buddy Rudy from South Africa has the perfect Safari vehicle, so he helped out on the morning Rothmeyer missions. Definitely looks like the official vehicle of Africa.
Wildebeast.
All of these crazy mounds are built by termites. There's millions of them.
This year we had a new experience in Kimberley. A few of us made trips to a township outside of town called "The Promised Land" These townships are how a huge percentage of South African's live, and for spoiled Americans it is an exercise in humility to see how these people live yet how nice they are.
This isn't how you carry your groceries????
This lady was about a million years old and had exactly one tooth.
Americans do not possess this skill. Period.
Thank you to everyone in The Promised Land and the surrounding townships for being so nice and so accommodating to us. So many beautiful amazing people. See you next year.
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