Fresh back from Sri Lanka in January, we thought that we were having lunch with Edwardo, but somehow he never turned up, so we had to make do with Auntie Brenda
End of January we had a quick two week trip to the 3 Guyanas . click for the full story
We saw a space rocket take off - wow
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| We took a lot of quite scary small aeroplanes | ,,saw the Kaieteur Falls | Helped Chef Delven prepare and cook a meal | He was very grateful for our tips on cooking |
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| We had a lot of (too) early mornings. But did see strange and exotic animals. Apart from the padres, | .we saw the Cock of the Rock at Kaieteur Falls | Caiman whenever there was a pool of water | Giant Anteaters |
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| We sat on Giant Amazon Lily pods | We motored along countless rivers in dugout canoes | And enjoyed some relaxing in a hammock | We met Melanie, who liked small bears (as well as Giant otters) |
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| Man's inhumanity to man. Prisoner reception in French Guyana | We would not want to stay here too long | We saw the Ariane 6 Rocket Launch | Somerville is still trying to work out why the con trail is not straight |
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| We had a few cocktails to pick up our spirits, we like them | A rough voyage to Devil's Island | And that is us with Devil's Island behind us | A very good final lunch in Cayenne |
We flew back home for a few weeks before setting off again. In March we headed to the airport again, this time to fly to Chile, and from there on the Silver Cloud to Cape Town - click for the details story
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| We flew from Santiago to Puerto Williams | ..and helped the pilot fly the plane | W settled in to the bar on Silver Cloud with a pisco Sour | We invited the Captain to dine with us. |
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| ..and drove lots of Zodiacs | Afternoon tea in the Falklands | ..and buns for breakfast on the Silver Cloud | There were a million penguins there in South Georgia |
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| We like the Rockhoppers | Stromness where Shackleton found safety | A few years later he did and is buried at Grytvikin, | A replica of the boat he sailed from Elephant Island to S Georgia |
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| We had new friends, ut were to to share the marzipans | We landed at Tristan da Cunha, not many bears have been there | ,, saw the modest home of the British Administrator | And rode a rhino in Stellenbosch, South Africa |
And once in Cape town we spent three weeks driving round the southern tip of South Africa - click for full story of us in South Africa
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| Hermanus, South Africa, and straight in to the cakes | We met the madre's cousin John and his wife Leone | Bracing sea air and sunshine at Hermanus | We admire the view from the bar at Emily Moon Hotel |
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| We had to be brave in the Cango Caves | Happily we found a shop in Montagu baking fresh buns daily | An ostrich had a go at Pembroke, he just said "Good Morning" | At Bushman's Kloff we had our own jeep to explore |
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| The nice guide brought all the stuff for snacks | The rock painting did not impress us. Somerville does better | This is as near to a leopard that we want to get | All hotels should do a welcome tray like this |
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| And not a bad breakfast either | the tram at Franschhoek was fun | And this nice lady looked after us in one of the vineyards | Cheers to South Africa |
After this back to Europe for a couple of months