Several members of Karen’s family gathered in Fort Worth this evening to celebrate her Dad’s 90th birthday. Thanks to technology we were able to participate too. Ed sent an audio file of a conversation with Dad about his maternal aunts and we were able to interject comments via text and then at cake and ice cream time we did a rendition of Happy Birthday via FaceTime. It’s not the same as being there but it’s still a cool way to bridge the miles and be connected.
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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