Chobe National Park – Pure Magic

We set up our tents at a Chobe National Park campsite. The bar/ gathering area is lovely but the internet is temporarily not working. We all sit around the fire after a delicious Heartbeest stew. A painfully skinny and submissive dog eats our scraps then lays down by the fire. I get up at 5:45am and shower by flashlight. There is finally Internet at the bar which I check …

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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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