Who is at the beach at sunrise on Autumnal Equinox? Photographers, surfers, and – if you are on Assateague Island – wild horses! We arrived at Assateague Island National Seashore late yesterday without reservations so we were lucky to secure a site in the Bayside Campground. We don’t know if Oceanside would have had fewer mosquitoes. Even with the pesky insects it was fun to walk the campground and watch the wild horses help themselves to dog food and to wander up to a campfire. We were careful to give them plenty of space having been warned by rangers and by graphic signs that in fact these horses are really wild animals. Then this morning, just to celebrate Equinox, we were up before dawn and walked to the beach. It was beautifully quiet and peaceful. A great way to start the day.
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.
Misty and Stormy! How beautiful!!!