Years ago Karen’s Dad regularly marched with a Scottish Pipe and Drum Corps, playing the drum and twirling his mallets. He knew that his paternal ancestors were Canadian Irish but as he learned more about the Scottish Clans we wondered if perhaps his family might have roots in Clan Gunn. This evening we gathered on the lawn, some of us wearing Gunn regalia, as a Highland piper played a salute to Dad. It was a solemn and festive moment!
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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