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With Energy aka don't take photos, paddle
... to that & Harry the Hippo swam across the channel, up the bank, and walked across the sandbar.
For the rest of the morning we had to zig zag across the river to avoid hippos that were along the banks on both sides of the border. We saw a few waterbuck at various points, and then saw one male bounding through the water - it was very beautiful.
All the birds we saw today:
Egrets
Spoon bill
Ibis,
Glossy ibis
Rufous-bellied ...
Matthew the Hippo Man
... we learned about the vegetation, birds & animals:
Acacia tree or Winter Thorn - pioneer species; high browse line for the elephants
Sausage tree
Rain tree
Strangle fig
Natal mahogany tree - the leaves are eaten by the kudu, eland & waterbuck, impalas
Dye plant - another pioneer species
Macro termites - large mounds - this type of termites are farmers of fungus (termitomyces) - active at night because their skin & eyes ...
Our Adventure Begins
... pretty brown as it the wet season is just beginning, although there were some flowers and some green leaves. John pointed out something that looked like a graveyard as we drove by. The "gravestones" are all sculptures of different size, shapes and colours - really neat! A new road is being built on the way to the airport. John says they are expecting more tourism in the future, so hopefully that should be good for their economy. We passed under a bridge that commemorated ...
Canoeing on Zambezi river
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Oct 8, Zambezi River Canoeing
« There are 5 dangers on this river: the hippos, the current, the wind, the logs and the sun » announces the guide... I wonder why he did not mention the crocs! The morning had not started that well between me and Lance because we did not seem to be behind the guide as he had asked....and after passing two huge hippos and startling one who woke up with a big thunder in his voice, my stomach sunk and I did not ...
Thanksgiving in Africa
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Oct 6, Thanksgiving dinner
"I thank Duncan for his jokes and his sarcasm" laughs Roman at the dinner table, "if you don't know how to make knots, do lots"...had said Duncan as Roman was getting frustrated at removing a clothe line (by the way, I, Corinne, made all these knots...hum... I've never been to Scouts!).
“I thank Peggy for her patience with me when I lose it” added Tristan
“Thank you Mom ...
