We’re poking around in Metairie today. The richness that is New Orleans is not limited to The French Quarter. We enjoy exploring the greater area also. For today’s midday repast we chose The Royal Blend and enjoyed some gumbo. Then off to Metairie Cemetery to find a few geocaches and locate the grave of CSA General Beauregard (Thank you, Findery.) before stopping by for one more visit with Cousins Sue and Dick before heading east on I-10. Cool visit! We got to spend quality time with some great people and meet more family members at the birthday party yesterday. And we are coming home with more genealogical questions to research. Family is with celebrating!
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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