Chrismar Hotel Livingstone

... on with the exchange rate thing. It was 40 degrees and i was sweating like a pig. I rode out $132 USD lighter. It could have been much worse.

We arrived at our camp site and put up our tents. I heard this noise from 20 meters away i turned around and there was a whole heard of elephant standing there, the chief one (the biggest) did not look happy as his ears were wide apart and the trunk was lifted. I turned the other way and legged it.
There ...

... the owner Ziggy ......and his pet Lion ........i declined on the offer to stroke it though the mesh ...................Ziggy had hand reared the lion and it had followed him onto the fields every day .........for 5 years......that was the point at which the Lions animal Wild Instincts kicked in .........and he had started to Hunt anything that moved....from that point on .......he was kept in a huge enclosure.
I went out Shooting Birds with Ziggy's 14 year old son ............The ...

Irony is the only word I can think of.. when in the Okavango Delta there was too much water around thus the animals were dispersed.. arrive at the Falls and the water levels were down and the falls were not at their best.. never mind Africa is all about timing.. with reduced water levels the Zam side is not as exciting as the Zim side.. we discovered this after parting with $20USD to enter and then a long hot walk to see some distant ...

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other than packing today and getting rid of stuff, we headed to the market to trade all our goods we didnt need, in afirca they want anything you can give, so we traded bottles, clothes and t-shirts, towels name it weve probably traded it along our way to the end of africa
but also on the last night with the fellow truckies, and 9 of us head onto Hyena tomorow we went to a drumming ...

... flying fox, zip-line and the famous Gorge Swing. In the end I managed to do the Gorge Swing 3 times, forward facing, backwards then forwards. Backwards is the most scary for me as you have no idea when the rope will become taut. Although for both the feeling of stepping into mid-air is amazing. You fall to Earth for 3 secs, the only disadvantage for some people is the walk back up and out of the gorge, say about 10mins.

Was driven from here to the ...

... of the gorge, which was a grueling climb and balancing act on shady stick ladders. At the top we drank a celebratory beer and recounted our adventure to anyone who would listen. Even Vinnie, Babyface, and Captain Carnage thought the flip was "huge."

That evening we went on the sunset cruise, which also involved an open bar. We saw hippos for the first time, hung out with some South Africans on a business trip, met all of the Peace Corps volunteers in Southern Africa, and ...

... that’s the problem, that I ate something bad, in my lust to sample the local delicacies. I should just stick to sex; that’s safer (but I’m married). When we finally pull into Livingstone, I’m ready to crash. At least I’m already seeing signs about the Crossroads Music Festival, so THAT’s a good sign! Of course apparently it’s already started on the 6th August, even though the dates I have show 7th August, but that ...

Livingstone to Windhoek

After an adrenalin ridden few days in the very civilised Livingstone we headed west into Botswana. I went on the most incredible flight over Victoria Falls in a microlight. Was kind of a spontaneous decision…. But was well well worth it. As Victoria Falls is at its peak time for water falling over the falls it kind of becomes a big cloud of mist when you are level with it! So…. By going up and over the top you really ...

... Two little girls Unice and Margret do their assignments correctly and relatively quickly, so I am trying to use them to help explain to some of the other children. We haven't quite worked that one out over the language barrier yet. They are really cute and eager to figure out what I am asking though!

We do not yet know what our afternoon assignments will be next week. I did farming on Thursday, and do have some photos, but the connection speed is fairly slow ...

... and now that we are 3 days into the journey my dreams are coming true.

The girls have been wonderful, except for the minor lecture they needed to get about cleaning up after themselves – I am not their mother and she should not have to clean up their mess after late-night snacks either! Nevertheless, they have truly opened their hearts and souls to the people of Zambia. I have been so impressed by how much they have welcomed ...