The days are getting warmer. Perhaps soon we will not need the woodstove heat. But for now we often make a fire in the morning and another in the evening to heat the house. It’s an old Morso, this model hasn’t been made for twenty-five years. Back when we built the house, we had the stove installed as the primary heat source. Sometimes we enjoy the ambience of the fire with the stove doors open but mostly it’s for heat. We’re getting to know the stove and what it takes to keep the fire going to keep us warm.
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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