Farewell At The Blue Peter

On Friday evening, September 29th, the members of our tour group gathered one last time for a farewell dinner at the Blue Peter restaurant near Melkbosstrand. "Blue Peter" is the flag ships fly in port to indicate they are about to depart and that all persons departing with them should report. (Look it up: vexillology). We were in fact all departing: turning our motorhomes back in to Bobo campers on Saturday, and then, mostly, returning to the UK. Howard and Jenni stopped over to see Dubai (we saw them there), and Don and Kaye stayed on a day in Capetown before heading on to Dubai. Tour escorts Chris and Hilary headed to Australia for another tour. Vicki and I planned on two more days in the Cape area before heading, via Dubai, to Barcelona and our "re-positioning" drive from there to Rome. But it was a wonderful farewell dinner with friends who had shared an incredible five week tour with one another, in incredible places. Tours depend much on one's companions. For Vicki and me, this tour could not have been better in that department. In addition to all the great experiences, there were great stories, great friends made, and, for us, so many great learning experiences.

Clouds draping over Table Mountain

Local entertainment

Jim and Christine's younger son and friend had flown down
from London to run in a Capetown marathon; also there. Howard,
Jenni, Bob, Kate, Marian, Dave, Christine, and, somewhere, Jim

And Hilary and Chris, Margaret and James, Kaye and Don,
Vicki, and me behind the camera

Next morning at Bobo campers; wonderful staff; I'd hoped to
look around a bit more; but we had an opportunity for a quick
get-away to pick up our rental car that afternoon; and so we
were off, again