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 Kyalami Estates Corporate Brand Bible  Design  midsummer, we enjoyed some 18 hours  for seabirds. Sightings here included                             23
                                            of daylight and bright sunshine, in spite   Black Oystercatcher, Pelagic Cormorant,
                                            of the area having a reputation for often  Common Murre, Mew Gull, Rhinoceros
                                            having continuous days of rain.     Auklet and, our Alaskan target bird, the
 3.0  Invoice Template                      Cruise ships are boarded at the Canada   Tufted Puffin.

                                            Place terminal and immediately on   Life on board the Queen Elizabeth is
                                            entering the terminal we were asked   one of spoilt luxury. The ship caters
                                            to show our negative Covid PCR test   for 2 080 guests and has a crew of
                                            result. This test had to have been   over 900. The staterooms are very well
                                            done not more than 72 hours before   appointed and serviced daily by the very
                                            boarding and was a condition of the   friendly, mainly Philipino housekeeping
                                            cruise. Consequently, we had this test   staff. There are numerous dining rooms,
                                            carried out in Vancouver, which was   from the formal to the casual buffet
                                            considerably more expensive than a   to the English style pub. The meals
        Rufous Hummingbird                  similar test would be in South Africa.   are superb and the wine list extensive
                                            Nevertheless, with the Canadian and   although, being priced in US dollars,
                                            United States customs formalities   wines are a little on the expensive side
                                            concluded, we boarded the very      for the South African tourist.
                                            splendid Cunard ship, Queen Elizabeth.
                                                                                There are live shows each evening, pub
                                            A welcoming bottle of champagne     quizzes during the day, lectures given by
                                        INVOICE                                 experts in their field, musicians playing
                                            compliments of Cunard was opened as we
                                                                                in the lounges, keep fit classes, dance
                                            watched from our balcony while the ship
                                            eased past Lion’s Gate Bridge and out into   classes and art classes to name just
                                            the inside passage between Vancouver   some of the daily activities on board.
                                            Island and the mainland. After a day at   The evening dress code was smart
                                        Entity: Kyalami Estates                 casual except on the formal evenings
                                            sea, we sailed into Glacier Bay National
                                    Entity VAT No: 2018/031605/07               when a suit and black tie were required
                                            Park, an Alaskan world heritage site. The
                                          Entity Reg No:
                                            bay was formed some two hundred years
                                      Invoice Date: xx May 2019                 for the men. Our evening dining
                                            ago as the glacier retreated and today   companions were a charming Canadian
                                            one can sail sixty five miles up the bay   couple, Lance and Kathy Hughes, who
                                            to view the glacier. Mountains surround   were very keen to learn about life in
        Spotted Towhee                      both sides of the bay and ice and snow   South Africa. This was their third trip to
                                              Bill to:
                                            were visible on all the peaks.      Alaska and their best weatherwise, as
                                                                                we experienced no rain, no mist and no
                                            Our first port of call was Icy Strait Point   mosquitos (which apparently can reach
                                                           Tax Invoice No: xxxxx xxxxx plague proportions).
                   Attention:xxxxx xxxxx    situated on Chichagof Island in the
                                                          Recipient VAT No: xxxxx xxxxx
                     Xxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx     Alaskan panhandle. Here, we’d booked
                                                             PO Number: xxxxx xxxxx Our third port of call was Ketchikan,
                     Xxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx     a tour to go whale watching and we
                                            were not disappointed. A small launch   Alaska’s southernmost city. All Alaskan
                                            took 40 passengers to where the many   towns and cities are accessible only
                                            humpback whales were blowing and    by either sea or air as there are no
                                            diving quite close to shore. Each whale   roads connecting the cities. Ketchikan
                                                                                hosts numerous cruise ships during
                                            displayed its own distinct tail as it dived
                  Account:                Your Reference:            Tax Reference:
                                                                                the summer season and tourism, along
                                            below the surface. Sea lions were also
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                                                                                with fishing and forestry, are the main
                                            plentiful in the area.
                                                                                economic activities. Bald Eagles, the
                                            Many university students are        national bird of the USA, are seen in
                                            temporarily employed as tour guides   abundance around Ketchikan. After
                                            during the summer tourist season and   walking around the town we boarded
                                            the guides on our vessel were very   a launch to one of the islands off
                                                                     Tax Reference:
                                            Unit Price
                 Description:               knowledgable. Chichagof Island has a   Ketchikan where the local inhabitants
                                                                        R000 0000had prepared a beach barbecue for us.
                                             R000 0000
        Lazuli Bunting                      thriving bear population and back on
                Xxxxx       xxxxxxxxx
                                                                        R000 0000While preparing the food, they gave us a
                                            R000 00000
                Xxxxx        xxxxxxx        land we were guided by a First Nation
                                            Alaskan along a trail to try to spot   short talk about life on the island. Not a
                                            brown bears. Unfortunately, the bears   very easy life, we decided.
                                            remained well hidden but nevertheless
                                            we all learned a few words in the local   Alaska became the 49th and largest
                                      Sub Total: R000 000.00                    state of the United States in 1959. It is
                                            Hoonah language from our guide.
                                      VAT 15%: R000 000.00                      larger in size than the next three largest
                                        Total: R000 000.00                      states combined i.e. Texas, California
                                            Our second port of call was Sitka, which
                                            is situated on the coastline of Baranof   and Montana – but it is the most
                                            Island. Sitka is the fourth largest city in   sparsely populated state, with the third
                                            Alaska, with a population of around   lowest population.
                                    Account Name: Kyalami Estates
                                            8 500. It was known as New Archangel
                                           Bank: Investec                       Our tour covered the area known as the
                                            while under Russian rule from 1799
                                       Account: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx                 Alaskan panhandle, which is notable for
                                            to 1867 before Alaska was sold to the
                                        Account Type: Current                   its many islands and visited by dozens
                                            United States. Here, we took another
                                            small launch out to Fin Island where
                                         Branch Code: xxxxxx                    of cruise ships. The fabulous cruise on
                                            we had a magnificent breakfast of   the Queen Elizabeth, the excursions to
                                            Alaskan crab, fish paté and clam
                                        Estate Office & Administration            some of the islands, the very friendly
                                            chowder. Then the tour took us out
                                  Tel: (011) 468 3001/2  |  Fax: (011) 468 1246  people, the amazing wildlife and
                                            past Mount Edgecombe, a dormant
        Tufted Puffin                  Email: info@kyalamiestates.co.za         our time in Vancouver made this an
                                            volcano, to St Lazaria Island, a hotspot
                                      PO Box 50, Kyalami Estates 1684           extremely memorable trip.
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