It was fun knowing that as we wandered the streets of St Petersburg, enjoyed various musicians and artists, and participated in Swing Dancing at Bay Walk; that Greg and Rachel were doing the same in Boston where First Night was first celebrated! We enjoyed the fact that we know the artist that designed the flashing badge. We saw many of our friends in various places during the evening. All in all it was a fun evening capped with champagne and fireworks viewed from our downtown balcony!
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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