Brian invited us to the print shop where he works nearly all of the back room magic including the printing and machine maintenance. We loved the chance to peek behind the scenes and get a glimpse at how the printing presses work. A favorite of his is the Old Heidelburg, which he refers to as The Windmill. It’s definitely a vintage machine. The copyright on the manual is more than a hundred years old! He ran it for us. A certain mechanical engineer was most fascinated!
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.
Glad you enjoyed it. Here’s a video of one in use, with close-ups and in slow motion, to see all the details of what’s happening. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1oNO4Mwg94
I’ll need to hunt down an actual build date on ours.
Excellent. Looking forward to seeing it when we have more robust Internet access!