Yet another wonderful day. Ketchican. It’s a tiny village perched at the base on mountains right at water’s edge. It’s accessible only by water or air and is one of the obligatory ports of call for cruise ships. Since we did not have a shore excursion booked and access to the town was by tender, we opted to relax in the thallasemia pool first then visited the town after lunch. We wandered the historic town and marveled at the totem poles. We were all back on board by evening. We took a break from dancing in Michael’s Club to see the fabulous creations by the Celebrity Chefs at the Midnight Buffet.
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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