Day 192: Visiting a Nomadic Family — Riding in Sidecars — Hiking to See Petroglyphs — Epic Rainbow
It was a relaxing start to a memorable day. I worked out up at the “Sunset Spot” on the top of the little hill behind the lodge. We had a...
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Day 156: Corsica with No Plans— School, Pool and a Windy Day at the Beach — New Horse Friends
Willa and James were asleep before Joanna and Dave arrived last night so they greeted them when huge hugs when they saw them for the first time this morning. So...
Day 88: Watershed Shopping — Penguins — Cape Point — Cafe Paradiso
It was bound to happen at some point: One of us had to go to the doctor! It was I. For the last two weeks, I’ve had an annoying/concerning tickle...
Day 82: Monkeyland and Back to Keurboomstrand for a Sunset Dinner
Standard morning program here at The Old Rectory: slow morning, breakfast buffet and school before 11am. We had a couple errands to take care of: we dropped a bunch of...
Day 62: The World of Birds (plus Monkeys, Meerkats, Alpacas, Reptiles and more!) — High Tea at the Mount Nelson Hotel
[Note: The internet is very slow at our Cape Town house, making photo uploads slow or impossible. We’ll come back to these posts and add pictures.] We woke up surprised...
Day 61: A Blustery Penguin Excursion to Boulders Beach — Lunch at Kalky’s Fish and Chips
It was rainy and windy this morning but we got up and out anyway, and headed to Boulders Beach in Simon’s Town to see the penguins. I’d done this little...
Day 13: 24 Hours in Lima — One Group Toured, One Group Did Not — We Went on a Blind Dinner Date with a Local Couple
Our hotel is in the Miraflores neighborhood, which is on the coast. In a city of 8 million residents and about 30 districts, this one’s known for nice hotels, sea-view...