Is there ever a good time for a washing machine to fail and need replacement? This certainly wasn’t. Our four year old Frigidaire stacking washer failed this past weekend. We’ve learned a lot in the last four days. Front loading washers are very difficult and very expensive to repair. That is assuming you can even find a technician able to work on them. Stacking units rely on a stacking adapter that is not only brand specific but pretty much year specific also so if one of the appliances fails you have to replace both. And we were reminded that it is at the independent appliance stores that you can find the better quality appliances and great customer service. Kudos to the folks at Macon Appliance Mart for getting us into a new set of LG laundry equipment in record time.
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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