The gathering of siblings began late afternoon with Microtel check-ins. The party moved to the parents’ house for a Sonny’s BBQ takeout dinner. Yum! As the evening progressed more family members arrived but we were still waiting for Alice. The flight she was on was held hostage by the thunderstorms that are a hallmark of Florida summers. Once we knew she’d landed in Orlando, we promised to wait up and have some Sonny’s and some Reisling waiting for her. We amused ourselves by playing with apps that can modify photos. What a cool way to end up with a charcoal sketch!
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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