We may never know if Keith and Karen are distant cousins but he’s descended from John Oliver who fought in the War of 1812 and settled in Cade’s Cove about 1818. Karen is descended from Alexander Oliver who fought in the Revolutionary War and settled in Marietta, Ohio about 1788. Going on the assumption that we’re cousins, Keith sends greetings to all his cousins at the reunion in Cincinnati.
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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