Things are still pretty quiet here on the Tearstock grounds. John & Jill, Olivia and William arrived with their uber custom Silver Shadow pulled by their Harley Davidson van after dark last night. Jeff, Michael, and the two of us walked over to greet them. The four of us lingered in the road swapping stories until sometime after midnight! This morning we’re seeing actual preparations for the gathering including the arrival of the party tent. Soon teardrops will be popping up all over!
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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