Yesterday when we stopped at WalMart with Verna after the factory tour, we all gleefully tried to spend each other’s money by suggesting products we thought the other would like. She succeeded in getting us to invest in ThermaCell system to repel mosquitoes. Then we goaded each other into trying freeze dried ice cream. We tried it this afternoon. It’s a curious experience. Although you get the flavor of ice cream the texture is all wrong. It doesn’t melt while you are eating it, but instead you’ve got crumbs landing in your lap. It did nothing to cool us off on this blistering afternoon but was a sweet treat nonetheless. We’re glad we tried it!
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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