The four of us have been up for a few hours now, since day dawned here at The Granary. We’re in what was once probably a barn. Very comfortable but with a challenging spiral staircase! We really enjoyed doing snacks, dessert, and libations last night and tea and fruit bread toast slathered with Irish butter this morning. Now we’re packing up in a bit of Irish rain in preparation for today’s trip to Donegal.
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.
Lovely! We are still unpacking from our cross country T@b trip to Grand Canyon! Maybe you could send some of that rain to Yosemite where a required evacuation and closing of the park is at hand. Just now seeing some fire-fighting progress. Largest fires in the history of California. Send rain!