Goodbye Manatee Hammock. Goodbye oak, palm, and orange trees. Goodbye Indian River and Cape Kennedy views. Goodbye beach. Goodbye Frisbee’s Ice 30+ flavors of soft freeze. It’s been a great three weeks and we’ve really enjoyed our time here and though it’s time now to head for the hills, know that we will be back.
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.
Great to hear Gigi’s time-out has been lifted and she and Eric have gotten re-hitched.