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Chased by lions
... but Graham enjoyed the boat ride. Once again we saw many water birds, baboons, buffalo, elephants and of course the hippos – the source of my fear. They were very active and yawning as a warning – showing their large mouth warning that if you come closer I have large teeth. I was frightened of getting too close and also of one coming up under the boat. However after taking some magnificent photos of ...
Chobe Chilwero
... the other guides had a stronger affinity for the bush, I felt, and explained the smells, sounds and myths/stories of the bush, which I enjoyed. However, we did see bee eaters, fish eagle, vultures and hamerkop nests. On suggestion from Franco (Portugese) we decided to do an early afternoon river safari because as we drove around in the morning, Rogers said that many hippos are out of the water at that time and that it was ...
Chobe National Park, Botswana
... to tear off a large chunk and swallow it whole. Crocodile have a very good digestive system to digest what is swallowed. In cold weather they can hibernate and not eat at all....like a snake.
Found 5 giraffe standing - called a tower of giraffes. If running called a stride and if walking called a journey of giraffes.
Saw red lechee antalope (semi aquatic)
Red bird - Carmine bee-eater
Roan antelope and ...
Chobe National Park, Botswana
... for yellow, toothbrush tree for orange, rusty cans for gray, bark of dead tree for brown. We buy a basket from Edna who started making baskets when she was 8 years old. The basket cost $25 and it took her 3 days to make. I tried making a basket and it was fun.....but three days is a long time to make one!
Then we have some snacks and head out to see more animals. We enter through the park gate and head to the water where we see ...
Johannesburg to Chobe, Botswana
... to make sure we are under the 88 pound total for two people. John and I are 11 pounds under and are just fine. One person is over and Thompson has her take out some things that she will not need until the end of the trip and leaves it in Victoria Falls (they are going on to Cape Town). We board a small bus to ride from Victoria Falls Zimbabwe to Botswana and Chobe Park. The bus has to park and we go in to have our ...
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