The weather continued to be cold – at least for our Florida blood – and windy. We enjoyed the opportunity to sit around in comfy recliners enjoying the fire in the woodstove and reading novels. When Bill got home from work we made a delicious dinner – wish we could make grilled chicken that good – then went with Bill to the rehearsal of the Eldorado Community Band. For folks like us who have little or no experience playing in a band, it was fascinating and educational.
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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