Where in the World are Dave and Elizabeth?

 I finally have a chance to blog about Cape Town, South Africa. It’s impossible to pick just one place as the most beautiful in the world, but, if you could, the areas along the Chapman’s Peak route from Cape Town to Africa’s tip would have to be a contender.  The day after Dave and I rejoined the ship (after the safari to Thanda), we climbed on a bus for a day exploring the Cape Point, the Cape of Good Hope, a beach where penguins live, and Cape Town’s Botanical Garden.   It took us about an hour to an hour and a half to reach Cape Point. (Along the way, we passed Michael Jackson’s  former mansion.)  At Cape Point, we took a funicular train to the top of a mountain to see an old lighthouse.  The view of the mountains and the sea was amazing.  From Cape Point, we went on to Cape of Good Hope.  We traveled to Boulder’s Beach and surrounding beaches to eat lunch and view everyone’s favorite tuxedo wearing birds. It was interesting to see native...

 Everyone is sensing the end of our 128 day journey coming in less than three weeks!  Yesterday, we had an interesting journey from Walvis Bay inland to an oasis in the Namib Desert and then to a small city up the coast and back again. Now, I understand why an oasis is prized!  But, I’ll blog more about that later, as I still am catching up on Thanda.  On our second day at Thanda, we met at 5:00 AM for a quick morning snack.  We piled into our car at 5:30 and were off in search of game.  Like most places, Thanda is extra beautiful at sunrise.  We went back to a lake where we had seen a lioness and cubs, but they weren’t there. Our guide got a radio message that cheetahs had been spotted a long way west of us, so we high tailed it over there in the hope that we could see them.  They don’t show themselves easily, so our guide and tracker said we shouldn’t miss this opportunity.  At one point, we came across a journey of giraffes — my favorites....