Another of the Deck Day traditions is the trip to the trash/recycling depot. Somehow we didn’t have the energy to get the multiple bags loaded and transported but this morning it’s time to do what must be done. It doesn’t mean Deck Week is done – the party is continuing and we still have one more balloon surviving.
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.
Curiously, the last Deck Day balloon spontaneously just burst, about a minute after Brian departed.
Shrapnel from my heartbreak perhaps? Hope there was no other damage.