The pork has been coated in dry rub for the last twenty four hours. Now it is topped with molasses and we’re adding the Guinness and placing it in the the oven for its slow cooking period. Tomorrow morning we should be enjoying glorious smells in the kitchen. It’s a joy to be preparing this traditional Deck Day delicacy by committee. Now we and our DD Week guest will repair to the deck to view meteor showers on this wonderfully clear night!
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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