Thursday, 18 July 2013

18th - I’m on a boat!

Out next destination was 6 hours’ drive away and we were supposed to be there for lunch which meant that we had to leave the camp at 0600 in the morning. A couple of people had been visiting the camp’s bar the previous night so some of them were struggling a little more than usual when getting up – but despite this the departure from the camp went as scheduled.

Driving was eventless and at lunch we arrived and set up camp.

A couple hours after arriving in the early afternoon we went on a cruise on the Chobe River from where we saw a lot of elephants, hippos, crocs, buffalo, monkeys, baboons plenty of birdlife, a couple of giraffes and a single monitor lizard. Being advertised as a sunset cruise the last minutes of the trip meant that we had a good view of the sun setting over the plains.

Coming back to the camp we had an amazing spaghetti bolognaise. It doesn’t sound very local, but Jaco adding a couple of local things into it including some various spices and herbs made it an absolutely overwhelming meal. The best part was the dessert he had conjured up; a cheesecake with pistachios and mint.

Having the Chobe River going right past the camp we were standing in Botswana looking across the river into Zimbabwe.

(Another) elephant.

A something-something bird.

I believe these are young kudus.

Baboon.

Crocodile.

Elephants crossing the river.

Giraffes.

Monitor lizard.

Hippo.

Sacred ibis.

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