Five of us ventured out this afternoon in search of adventures. Linus tolerated a stop by The Quarter Stitch, a yarn shop, while Mama, Dada, and Nana picked out a pattern and yarn for a hand knit sweater for him and Grandpop chose a yarn for a handwoven scarf. We did indeed make it all the way to Cabrini Playground for a glorious interlude on familiar play equipment. And Nana & Grandpop found a geocache. We all paused at Jackson Square to listen to some live music and Greg & Rachel did a bit of impromptu dance!
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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