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A Look Back

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  April 19 Tucson, Arizona All of us have returned safely to our homes in the States, and are settling back into our “real lives” for better or worse, but we have a group thread on WhatsApp that will allow us to keep in touch as long as we like. It was a great trip, making 14 new friends and learning how fortunate we are to have the lives that we have. A visit to southern Africa is definitely recommended, and if you like being with an organized group, I don't think anybody is better at these trips than Overseas Adventure Travel (https://www.oattravel.com). We could not have asked for a better group leader than Sanction Joao. What a great guy who knows everyone, everywhere, laughs constantly, especially at himself, but is very organized and serious when it is needed. It might be a difficult trip for you if you are not very mobile. Climbing in and out of the safari vehicles several times daily can be a bit challenging with the risk of a fall. And if you're not good with warm/hot ...
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Cape Town, South Africa

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 Lots of stuff going on in Cape Town Wednesday Famous Table Mountain At the top Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens Tandem Paragliding Lunch at the Waterfront Thursday Cape of Good Hope Park Ostrich Seals Funicular to the top At the top  African Penguins at Boulders Beach, Simon’s Town Penguin Love Bought a new hat, too.  Lunch in Simon‘s Town Friday Wine Country Tour Town of Stellenbosch Wine Farms / Wine Tasting L’Avenir Wine Farm Muratie Wine Farm Lunch at Murati Dornier Wine Farm Saturday   Robben Island Tour This is an island off of Cape Town where, during the time of apartheid, most of the political opposition leaders, including Nelson Mandela, were imprisoned, most sentenced to life terms. At the end of apartheid, though, most of the political prisoners were released. A look back towards Cape Town and Table Mountain Our guide was once a political prisoner on the island.  Mandela’s Actual Cell And finally Off to the Airport for the Flights Home  Tonight an...
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