With some direction from a friend we have made during our stay at Manatee Hammock, we visited the grounds of the White Sands Buddhist Center north of Mims. It’s tucked away in an oak woods with no indication from the road of the treasure that lies within. Signs along the driveway guide you to a sense of peace and then you see the huge statue of the seated Compassionate Buddha. A walk around the reflecting pond takes you past a reclining Buddha around to the standing Buddha flanks by columns reminding us that “The Way to Nirvana is Nirvana” and “Every Step of the Journey is the Journey.” This calm and peaceful experience is just what we are in need of in the moment.
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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