May 16 Up at 5:15, mini-breakfast, out for game drive and back for maxi-breakfast at 9:30. Best way to explain the outing is with photos, below. The first is an excellent example of an uncommon specie, the bright-shoed, rolling-eyed teenager (female) 😄.Long break to relax, blog, begin to pack, etc (interrupted, of course, by another […]
May 15
The two pictures above belong in the village discussion below, but I’ve already wasted WAY more time than it’s worth trying to move them, so they’re staying here.
Zoe’s thirteenth birthday! What a treat to be able to spend it alone with her in Africa.
Zoe is still pill-challenged, so that […]
May 14 We arise at the ungodly hour of 4AM for our transfer to the Cape Town airport and our 2-hour flight to Joburg. Zoe is not exactly what one would call a morning person, so she is bleary-eyed. The hotel has packed us box breakfasts, which we eat on the flight. Freedom meets us […]
May 13 Today we are picked up at 8:15 a.m. by Godfrey, for our 9 AM tour at Robben Island, a half hour boat ride from Capetown. From the 17th to the 20th Centuries, Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned, served as a place of banishment, isolation and imprisonment. Today it is a World […]
We’re in Malawi without wifi, but otherwise everything is great. Will post again, one day at a time, when I can. Not sure whether I’ll be able to do that before we return home.
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