It’s been a fun week in this town in which we grew up and raised our kids. We both remember Williams Park as a great place to rendezvous with our friends back in our high school days and Karen and siblings were members of the City Harmonica Band that performed in this bandshell! We revisited Midtown Sundries that is now the Rowdies Den and reminisced about the early days of the Rowdies when we were official “Fannies.” We driven past and visited many former haunts and had a great time hobnobbing with good friends. We’re now leaving that realm behind and are enroute to the cruise port. We’re on a bus right now with several of our fellow dancers heading to our chance to sail away.
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.
Wishing you smooth seas and fair winds … and lots of fun.