To celebrate this auspicious birthday, Steve and company hiked up the creek that runs in front of our house. The two of us hiked up to a huge boulder that we opted not to clamber over. Dave however had a standard to live up to. He climbed all the way up to “the witch house” as Greg had done on Christmas Day. Another part of the celebration was feasting on the delicious banana cake baked by Rhonda who along with Riley was unable to come with Dave this weekend.
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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