Travel Log

It’s all Fun and Games until Someone Pisses off an Elephant

Three dogs stay at the campsite…one has obviously just had puppies. They keep trying to get into the garbage. They also get into a fight in the middle of the night and throw themselves against Felix and Alex’s tent. I am rather perturbed when a roar/ growl noise wakes me up. I think, ” what boob is revving their engine in the middle of the night? “Then I realize,it’s …

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Arriving to the Okavango River

We say goodbye to Joana, who is flying back to Portugal today. It is sad to see her go. Lukas from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil joins our family. He sits with Graham. A couple days ago, I mentioned to Gift that it is fortunate that so far none of our group has taken ill. Gift said its because of all our hand washing. I said ” so we probably …

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Etosha to Windhoek

I heard hyenas and jackals calling in the night. At first I thought it was someone on another campsite with very loud children. We leave Etosha National park at 7:00am. We stop in Okahanja for lunch and to check out the craft market. Now this is an exercise in negotiation. I saw a batik which they said was 600 Namibian dollars. I had already bought one the same size …

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Etosha National Park

Our campsite is well equipped with warm showers, plenty of bathrooms, a grassy camping area, a bar in front of the watering hole and WIFI ( also in front of the watering hole). After hanging out at the watering hole and trying to deal with things on Internet and skype ( which keeps lagging), I finish my beer and go back to the campsite for another delicious supper of …

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