Thank you, Brian and Alexis, for organizing this family gathering in the the Day Room. It was good to get the local and the out of town family together to get hugs, sit down together for a meal, and to listen to one another’s tales of adventures. Soon many of us will be heading to our respective homes but it’s been a blessing to be together these several days!
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.
What a wonderful time together!
It was so nice to have a gathering with Dad feeling better and being able to sit up and take nourishment! Thanks Brian and Alexis for organizing snd feeding us all a delicios lunch!
Hugs to all