Sunset at Rialto seemed too good an opportunity to pass up, but we didn’t stay on the beach the whole time. Instead we made the nine minute drive to the Three Rivers Resort Restaurant for some Halibut Fish & Chips. The food was good but the references to The Twilight movies filmed here were in the Forks, Washington area were all but lost on the two of us. Then with full tummies we headed back to the beach and found front row seats on a giant drift log and watched the evening light bathe the beach. Clouds obscured the final dip of the sun below the horizon but we reveled in the beauty and peace of the moment as darkness descended on the furthest western edge of the contiguous forty-eight.
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