The rain started Tuesday afternoon and has continued since. It makes for good sleeping with the sounds of rain on the metal roof. It’s made us thoughtful about when to just pop out to get something out of the T@B or the truck or when to use the hot tub but just now we saw a gorgeous sunset that is clearly a blessing of these days of misty rain! And of course the luscious green trees that envelope us here on the mountainside appreciate the slow soaking rains.
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.
0 Comments