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On Safari in Botswana
... anything could top what we just witnessed. As we 8 guests eat dinner, the staff of 13 serenade us with african songs. We say goodbye to the two south african ladies, the swiss couple who are traveling for a year living in a Land Rover and the Italians with their broken english but infectious curiosity. We have all traded stories and its amazing how connected we've become in a short time. This may be the low season for tourism but it has been nothing but highlight after highlight for us. Huge ...
My Karma Ran Over My Dogma
... the banks of the Chobe River just outside the town of Kasane. After settling in, we headed out on the river cruise in a small flat bottom boat where we viewed wildlife closer than I ever had imagined. Note the photo of the Cape Buffalo! I had heard about this animal's temper and was surprised at how close we sat. I found out later that our local guide was equally surprised! We even watched a rare sight as a baby elephant called to its parents across the river and then watched each ...
Sunday Delta Shmoozing...
... a few people there swimming so we asked Vince whether it was actually safe to swim here and said “if you get in this water you will get eaten by a crocodile that is my disclaimer, enter at your own risk” – feeling confident now…
I hopped out of the boat grabbed another drink (possibly for Dutch courage) and chatted with the other guys whilst slowly wading into the extremely pleasant water. The sun ...
Okavango Delta and our friend Doug!
... but luckily no charge! However moving round to where the other group were we could sit on a huge termite mound and watch the herd from a safer distance although still only about 100m away which was brilliant! Gliding back to land after two nights was quite sad. Although everyone was desperate for a shower it was a brilliant experience. And the journey back was not without one last elephant encounter as a herd decided to cross the water not far in front of the main ...
Stuck in Moremi Park :)
... removed some sand next to the weels, but the main problem was that the lower part of the carwas stuck into the sand. I crawled under the car to dig more, I burnt my arm ontothe exaustian pipe coz that was frikkin hot, but in moments like that, where the adrenaline runs trough your vains, you don’t even feel it (only afterwards J ) Brecht got back in the car and tried again, but no movement...
I came up with the idea to put brech and Anke’s sleeping mats below ...
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