We stopped at the Big Water Visitors Center for the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and received a grand education! Since it’s creation by President Clinton in the 1990’s this park has been the site of extensive paleontological study and the discovery of several new species of dinosaurs. We chatted with Merle Graffam who discovered a new species of dinosaur near there in 1999 and who is very well versed in the geologic history our planet.
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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