Our Christmas celebration is winding down. After a yummy breakfast of Apple Buckwheat Pancakes accompanied by Sausage & Onions, CJ and Phil took their leave today to head for Tennessee to visit some of his family. Because of the I-40 rockslide they planned a route north on US 441 through GSMNP – a very pretty but longer trip. Greg expressed an interest in staying close to the hearth so we spent the rest of the day relaxing and eating good food punctuated with short hikes up the mountain and down the mountain.
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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