The day after Christmas Gary and Peter had to leave us and the rest pitched in to either prepare a St Stephen’s Day feast German style (Thank you, Phil) or to haul firewood from the lower acres up to the wood pile alongside the driveway. Then in the evening Dave, Riley, and Peyton arrived! It was the very first time all nine of us have been together. And we all enjoyed it immensely.
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.
The day after Christmas Gary and Peter had to leave us and the rest pitched in to either prepare a St Stephen’s Day feast German style (Thank you, Phil) or to haul firewood from the lower acres up to the wood pile alongside the driveway. Then in the evening Dave, Riley, and Peyton arrived! It was the very first time all nine of us have been together. And we all enjoyed it immensely.
I love to see those bearded faces! I can see you continue to enjoy each other’s company. God bless each of you + those three lovely additions!