After a wonderful Christmas feast with all the extended family gathered around the extended table in the dining room, and a spirited gift exchange, the our household quieted down to unprecedented levels. Everyone went home to their own places including CJ. She spent her first night in her own apartment in Tampa on Christmas night. The two of us were alone again after having children living with us for twenty-eight years and twenty-six days, but who’s counting?
Queen Mary 2’s arrival in the Port of Dakar, Senegal was heralded in the local press and greeted with ceremony. Our own excursion took us on a coach journey through the streets of the capital city to visit a Wolof village and the shore of Lake Retba, the salty lake famed for an intense pink color.
Today’s safari adventure transported us out into the Dorob National Park to have up close encounters with little creatures that are well adapted to the extreme heat and lack of water in the Namib Desert.
With a UNESCO World Heritage Site, two national parks, dozens of museums, and hundreds of tours offered in the Cape Town area there is more than plenty to do. For our two day visit we opted to concentrate on African wildlife visiting the Aquila Private Game Reserve and the Boulders Beach Penguin Colony for a wonderful chance to these fabulous animals in their own habitat.
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