Zimbabwe to Botswana
Things have been flying right along here in Africa. I feel we have been working well around a couple of tough complications.
One: The 'Turtle', our infamous Land Rover, took a terrible beating in Zambia and had to ultimately be retired after slamming into a huge cow that made a mad dash across the road. Fortunately no people were hurt, the cow unfortunately was very hurt, aka, dead. But the turtle has now been given to Kasane Nat'l Park to continue its great wildlife conservation.
Two: Heidi and I free fell thru a tree as we attempted a bungee jump type adrenaline activity called the 'Gorge Swing'. We still have some vicious wounds a week later that make it hard to sleep, walk, sit, etc. Keeping them uninfected and clean is a fulltime job.
Three: With our immune systems already pushed Heidi and I rafted the Zambezi and swallowed some bad water, or ate some bad bacon, etc, and both came down with some illness. I'm about recovered and she is still fighting a little but on the verge of recovery.
So with all this going on we have only managed in the last few days to enter Zimbabwe, go to Vic Falls Nat'l Park and see the falls, dinner at the Victoria Falls Hotel, cross the border to Botswana, go on a boat safari and morning driving safari in Chobe Nat'l Park (lion eating a freshly killed buffalo, leopard, mongoose, hyenas, lots of elephants, etc), bus it to the Okavango Delta, take a mokoro (traditional dugout canoe) way deep into the delta and walk (with unarmed guide) right up on elephant, hippos, buffalo, giraffe, zebra, flamingo, saddle bill storks, and a steenbuk.
Now we are steeled for a 16hr bus ride from Maun, Botswana all the way to Johannesburg, South Africa.... hopefully you will hear good stories from the other side.
-Dai Mar
One: The 'Turtle', our infamous Land Rover, took a terrible beating in Zambia and had to ultimately be retired after slamming into a huge cow that made a mad dash across the road. Fortunately no people were hurt, the cow unfortunately was very hurt, aka, dead. But the turtle has now been given to Kasane Nat'l Park to continue its great wildlife conservation.
Two: Heidi and I free fell thru a tree as we attempted a bungee jump type adrenaline activity called the 'Gorge Swing'. We still have some vicious wounds a week later that make it hard to sleep, walk, sit, etc. Keeping them uninfected and clean is a fulltime job.
Three: With our immune systems already pushed Heidi and I rafted the Zambezi and swallowed some bad water, or ate some bad bacon, etc, and both came down with some illness. I'm about recovered and she is still fighting a little but on the verge of recovery.
So with all this going on we have only managed in the last few days to enter Zimbabwe, go to Vic Falls Nat'l Park and see the falls, dinner at the Victoria Falls Hotel, cross the border to Botswana, go on a boat safari and morning driving safari in Chobe Nat'l Park (lion eating a freshly killed buffalo, leopard, mongoose, hyenas, lots of elephants, etc), bus it to the Okavango Delta, take a mokoro (traditional dugout canoe) way deep into the delta and walk (with unarmed guide) right up on elephant, hippos, buffalo, giraffe, zebra, flamingo, saddle bill storks, and a steenbuk.
Now we are steeled for a 16hr bus ride from Maun, Botswana all the way to Johannesburg, South Africa.... hopefully you will hear good stories from the other side.
-Dai Mar
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