Elephant Valley Lodge Chobe National Park

... 8217;s backs. They were even pushing each other down into the water. The power they possess is unbelievable; you could just imagine what it would be like if they were full-grown and really fighting. I would not want to get in their way!

In the afternoon we did a regular safari in jeeps before reaching our bush camp. We saw a lot of beautiful birds (great for Troy, the ecologist on our trip who specializes in birds) and great for us (because Troy was ...

... time.

In our final evening game drive we had our scariest animal experience of the entire trip. The story went something like this.....

We were sitting on top of the car at sunset having a G&T as usual, enjoying the zebras grazing in front of us. Then Chris spotted a nearby tree where about 20 vultures had gathered, and more were flying in by the minute. Large amounts of vultures can only mean one ...

... of days (and save money for things I haven't done before)...it was a strange experience to be around the truck without its dozens of usual inhabitants.


The vibe on the truck has improved ten-fold with the change of people and attitude...everyone is determined to remain positive and excited about the next 4-5 months ahead, which makes the trip so much more enjoyable and fun! We had a ...

The kids were pretty roudy this morning, but I guess that is to be expected sometimes from first graders. One little girl, Unice (there are two - one tall, one shorter), is finishing all her work very quickly (and correctly), so I have started giving her extra work. She is very smart. I asked her after school today if she can read. I think she can. No one here has books - no adults, no children ...

... asleep. I opened the tent to get in and sat down. I spun around to take my flop-flips off. Took them off and spun around to close the tent. After a few seconds Nat turned around sleepily and said "Leon there is something in the tent. I said "Its ok babes its just me. "No leon there is something on my legs. "Your dreaming babes" "NO Leon there is a dog on my legs ...

... dazed for a bit and managed to fly off at high speed after a couple of minutes. We crossed the border into Botswana and they had strict Foot and mouth controls there so every so often the truck got pulled in and we had to take 2 pairs of shoes and walk onto a mat that ahd been sprayed while the truck went though a ford of the same stuff. Stopped at a small town to get some food etc and i had to change some US dollars into Botswana Pulla so i could buy ...

Where are the Elephants in Botswana? Sunday 22nd February - Day 4 Bushmans to Elephant Sands, Botswana, Francistown, Nata (480km) We are getting on really well as a 6 now, its great to meet such nice people who are not shy to be good friends quickly. Francesca even jokes that as we only have 8 days together we have to fast track our friendship and so is already happy burping in front of us all. We drove all morning ...