Karla Lalim
retired teacher, active in our church, attend Bible Study Fellowship, a grandma, enjoy playing golf, like to play cards, married for 46 years. Meer informatie🇺🇸Rio Verde
  • The Carnivore Restaurant

    6 september 2023, Kenia ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C

    Dinner at the Carnivore restaurant in Nairobi was such a treat. The four of us ate outside. It was like a Brazilian steakhouse with exotic meats from Africa. We thought the crocodile meat was a little tough. The only unfortunate thing was, it had rained earlier in the day, and the mosquitoes were quite nasty. They really bit up my feet and legs. On Friday, I saw a doctor at one of the safari camps, not ours. She gave me a shot of prednisone, 4.5% hydrocortisone cream, and extra strength ibuprofen.Meer informatie

  • National Museum of Kenya

    6 september 2023, Kenia ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C

    Amazing museum! 2 1/2 hour tour with a Kenya native tour guide! We experienced the history of Kenya and its people. There are 43 different tribes within Kenya today. Joy Adamson had significant influence in Kenya. She came with her first husband to Africa in 1935 to escape Jewish persecution in Europe. After his death, she married a botanist, which led to her life-long career. Unfortunately, she was murdered in the 1980s. She has her amazing works of art on display at the museum. We finished with the Big Five lion, leopard, rhinoceros, elephant, and African buffalo animals of Africa along with smaller species of animals. It was good to note that 80% of Kenyan people today are Christians ✝️.Meer informatie

  • Travel Day

    5 september 2023, Kenia ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C

    We loved Cape Town, but at 2:30 p.m., we left Cape Town on Kenya Airlines for Nairobi, Kenya, eager to catch up with Nick and Jolene. We landed at 10:20 p.m., got our bags, and had a driver take us to the Hilton Garden Inn in Nairobi. It was a lovely hotel, much better than the Hilton Garden Inns in the United States. Nick and Jolene were to arrive there early the next morning. We were so excited to meet them in Africa. What a wonderful reunion it was when we saw them in the morning! Unfortunately, with some kind of a little snafu, we were only able to stay at the Hilton for one night before heading over to the Pride Azure Hotel also in Nairobi for two more nights. We're standing on the steps outside the Hilton for one of our first photos together in Africa before leaving for our next hotel.Meer informatie

  • Table Mountain Bo Kaap African wineries

    4 september 2023, Zuid-Afrika ⋅ ☀️ 4 °C

    It was a short trip with Willem, our guide, to Table Mountain. Up to the top in the cable car we went. Amazing views! It was hard to believe all the lush vegetation when we reached the top with interesting rock formations. Upon descending Table Mountain, we were on our way to the Bo Kaap neighborhood of Cape Town. Bo-Kaap is known for its narrow, cobbled streets lined with colorful houses. Local Cape Malay culture is represented at sites like the 1790s-built Auwal Mosque and the Bo-Kaap Museum, with exhibits about the achievements of Muslim immigrants. I loved to see the locals in Bo-Kaap, and I was able to purchase a small bracelet one of the local ladies made. Nearby, simple restaurants served curries, roti, and other Cape Malay dishes. Unfortunately, we couldn't stop for lunch as we were on our way to the wineries of Stellenbosch. We were able to visit three very different wineries, a modern, very beautiful winery, a winery from the 1600s, and a modern bare bones winery. Each had their own charm. We stopped in the middle of our winery tours for a light lunch, which was a treat as well. Another lovely day with our delightful guide, Willem Swanepoel!Meer informatie

  • On our way to the whales

    3 september 2023, Zuid-Afrika ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

    We started our adventure today seeing beautiful canola fields. While we waited for our whale watching boat trip, we saw lots of rock rabbits, they are very common in this area. After a short introduction, we boarded the boat in search of whales. We had hoped to see lots of whales on our Hermus whale watching boat trip. The ride was beautiful, a bit long, and it was hard to get a good picture of the whales. We saw a few flap their tails. We were lucky enough to see some breaching but never caught it on our camera. After our boat ride, it was time for lunch. Our guide knew of a restaurant in a cave that he thought we might enjoy. There was a history about the cave that many years ago it was home to a lady who loved the ocean. Now it's a restaurant for lunch.
    We sat outside at a table on the rocks with the waves rolling in. At one of the tables, a man had to lift his feet as the waves rolled in, or he could have lost his lunch. Luckily, that wasn't our fate. We shared shrimp and fish and chips. Some of the best I've ever eaten. While eating, we could see the whales breaching in the distance from our table.
    On the road back, we were surprised to see so many baboons. Another day full of beautiful scenery and animals!
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  • Animals in the Wild

    2 september 2023, Zuid-Afrika ⋅ 🌬 13 °C

    It was a spectacular drive along the coast with our guide from South Africa, Willem Swanepoel. After our coffee break, we hadn't gone far before we saw hundreds of baboons just wandering along the roadside. We were excited when we reached the Cape of Good Hope, the most southern tip of Africa. We were later to learn that, in fact, that was not the case. A common misconception is that the Cape of Good Hope is the southern tip of Africa based on the misbelief that the Cape was the dividing point between the Atlantic
    and Indian oceans. In fact, the southernmost point of Africa is about 150 kilometers (90 mi) to the east-southeast. This created some confusion and early deaths for some very early sailors. As we traveled to the Cape, we were surprised to see so many ostriches and zebras. That picture of the zebra hardly looks real. On the way, we stopped at a cove where the penguins hang out. It was so cool to be so close to penguins in their natural habitat. On our way back getting ready for our lunch, we saw some other wild animals preparing for a lunch of their own. It was quite fun to see where the local sea lions found food to eat and how they chased the man with a bucket of leftover fish that he threw in the ocean. The sea lions weren't far behind, climbing the ledge and jumping in after them.
    A delicious meal for us, too, ended a beautiful day with an amazing view.
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  • Cape Town, South Africa

    1–5 sep. 2023, Zuid-Afrika ⋅ 🌙 3 °C

    We flew Delta Airlines from Phoenix to Atlanta. Then, nonstop from Atlanta, Georgia, to Cape Town, South Africa, at 5:50 pm. on Thursday, August 31st. It took 14 hours and 45 minutes. After three movies, reading a book, and several meals, we arrived. We were surprised the long flight really wasn't that bad. We took a taxi and arrived at the Marriott Crystal Towers in Cape Town around 7:00 pm. on September 1st. It was a lovely hotel. We were happy we were staying put for four nights. Hussar Grill at the hotel was open, and we had a wonderful time chatting with the bartender over dinner.Meer informatie

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