Days 94 thru 96 (Dan’s comments are italicized) ‘The time has come,’ the Walrus said, ‘To talk of many things: Of shoes — and ships — and sealing-wax — Of cabbages — and kings — I have had no idea why these lines from the nonsense poem, The Walrus and The Carpenter (Lewis Carroll), have…

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Days 91 thru 93 (Rhia’s comments are italicized) After the storm blew through, the surf got a bit rough. We walked along the coast and just watched the waves crashing ashore. It was really quite magical, but also a bit cold. Being that it was a weekend, there were a lot of people who were…

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Days 88 thru 90 (Dan’s comments are italicized) Find the answer below. Before sharing nice photos, I want to come clean. The beauty here coexists alongside poverty and homelessness. I’ve shared some beautiful sunsets taken from our balcony; these photos are also taken from our balcony… The weather here in Cape Town is very changeable…

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Days 85 thru 87 (Rhia’s comments are italicized) Since arriving in South Africa, our ultimate goal was to get to Cape Town. We have traveled the last 400 km through more wonderful landscapes, beautiful villages, and, sadly, past more shantytowns. S Africa is definitely stunningly beautiful and the agriculture is impressive. During this part of…

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Days 82 thru 84 (Dan’s comments are italicized) I’ve often wondered what has made me the way I am; for example, I NEED a stock of food/toiletries/whatever (when COVID hit, I had enough toilet paper to keep us and neighbors supplied for at least 6 months 😂) I put it down to being raised in…

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Days 79 thru 81 (Dan’s comments are italicized) It was with heavy hearts we left our beautiful beach home…but Durban was beckoning as there was a museum we wanted to visit. The Kwa Muhle museum was in a beautiful old building; a building that had a horrible history. It was here that apartheid was enforced…

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Days 75 thru 78 (Rhia’s comments are italicized) We stayed for three nights in the capital of eSwatini, Mbabane, in a lovely little guesthouse that had 4 avocado trees. Each breakfast they served us included a full ‘avo’ picked from those trees! African capitals are different; they’re more like big villages because, other than bigger…

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Days 72 thru 74 (Dan’s comments are italicized) Upon leaving Kruger, we had decided to drive ourselves to the coast…but it seemed foolish to drive around eSwatini instead of going through it! And so, we now find ourselves in one of the lesser-known African countries. The drive here was interesting…or should I say that the…

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Days 69 thru 71 (Rhia’s comments are italicized) We spent day 69 relaxing and trying to recover from the crud! We went out later in the day for a much-anticipated curry, only to find the restaurant was permanently closed! I continue to be fascinated at the strength of people’s necks…I don’t think they have arthritis…

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Days 67 and 68 (Dan’s comments are italicized) Even though I’m not very well, we can’t be within a 5 minute drive of a game park and not go in…I mean seriously, what kind of traveler would I be if I were to do that?! Kruger is interesting! Animals are plentiful, but the topography makes…

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