The days are warming, the rains are soaking in, the trees are greening. It’s a magical time. Every day the scene is greener than it was yesterday. We’re inspired to begin putting out baskets of annuals, pull weeds from the driveway, and actually get out and do some walking for fitness between the raindrops. Springtime is such a beautiful time of year!
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.
How beautiful! I love to watch the leafing-out, the faint green veil that grows each day as spring emerges from the darkness of winter gloom.