After all that fun on the water we all agreed it was time for some sustenance so we changed into dry clothes and headed into town for the best burgers in town at The Thirsty Beaver. With good food in our bellies we changed back into or wet togs for a walk in the trout stream. Though some of John’s friends might view this as a challenge to be met or a hurtle to overcome, we saw it as a wonderful opportunity. We do a similar kind of thing at home and offer the experience to our summer visitors. There’s something wonderful about walking through chilly water on a warm summers day checking out the fish and the plants along the bank all the while watching your footing and occasionally getting wetter than planned. We walked quite a way then reversed our direction. Actually we were more disappointed than relieved when the bridge where we had put in came into view. We finished the day with grilled brats, incredibly delicious local corn on the cob and red wine.
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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