It’s been quite a journey! Last night we arrived at our lodgings just before eleven knowing that by morning the tropical storm would be bearing down upon us in Crossville, Tennessee. Sure enough when we awakened at six this morning the light rain had started. This morning’s journey has been through light rain and the AccuWeather views suggest that we’ll experience nothing more than light rain in this last half hour of driving. We’ll be grateful to be in the house when/if the heavy weather hits later today. Guess all that hard driving will have been worth it!
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.
“…just before eleven …”. I retract “… sufficient daylight…” from my last comment.