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Our first night in RSA at Airport Lodge. |
A leafy green place. |
A large room. |
Even a Leopard on the Wall. |
And a Fiscal Shrike on the fence outside. |
A Greater Honeyguide eating our friend's Honey. |
Cape Sparrows. |
Taking the sun in Rhoda and Tom's Garden. |
Getting ready for the trip. E & Jim check out the transport. |
Yellowwood Lodge next stop. |
Small individual Chalets. |
Set in nice grounds. |
Shared with Marico Flycatchers. |
And with White Rhino on the Lawns. |
We now head over the Great Grey Green Greasy Limpopo. |
Onto the open roads into Botswana. |
And the edge of the Kalahari. |
Double-banded Courser. |
Flying Banana or Yellow-billed Hornbill. |
We now line up to cross the Boteti. |
Second car loading. |
And crossing. |
Now it is our turn. We are the Rear gunners this trip. |
Welcome indeed. |
We make camp. Well the others erect tents. We slept in the rear of the truck. |
Kori Bustard. |
Not a love in, this is how Giraffe fight! |
Springbok migrating for water. |
Steenbok. |
The seemingly endless Nxai salt pan. |
The allegedly famous Baine's Baobabs. Never heard of them myself. |
This is them. Somebody painted them and got famous. |
The team assembled for lunch. |
Green Wood-hoopoe. |
African Grey Hornbill. |
Into the Moremi National Park. Part of the Delta. |
This must be lunch as we never got dinner before dark and Russell surely did not drink at Breakfast? |
Cape Glossy Starling. |
Lots of Elephants in Moremi. |
Crested Barbet. |
Swamp Boubou. |
Red Lechwe. |
Good idea! Don't want a cat peeing on the blanket. |
White-backed Vulture. |
Elizabeth finds a good use for the "Cup holder." |
Pressing on into the Delta. |
The bridges are numbered. This is number 2. |
Quite an interesting construction. |
Blacksmith Lapwing. |
Jv Martial Eagle. |
Meyer's Parrots. |
Long-toed Lapwing. |
This is Bridge 3. "Bridge?" |
Water is deeper than usual. We did not make Bridge 4. |
Now we are in Savute. As "acting " leader I had to warn the others about Wildlife. |
Look out! He's behind you! Point taken! |
He had come for the fruit tree at our Campsite. |
Botswana Zebra. |
A not so calm old Bull. |
In fact he was not all that pleased to see me! |
Tail end Charlie gets stuck in the sand and left behind. |
Eventually Russell comes back and gives us a tug. |
This photo reminds me of a David Shepherd painting. |
The Osprey looks shocked. |
The others missed this nice male Kudu. |
Gabrielle has boxed Russell in. This could have been dangerous. |
This is what was causing the blockage. Cute eh? |
Chobe Sunset. |
We arrive at our last outward stop in Botswana. |
E and Sonia start Breakfast. |
Sonia stirs it as usual. |
Team Bonding. |
Well maybe not? |
Wattled Lapwing. |
Crested Barbet. |
Back in the Bush. |
Russell seems to have a Giraffe in his car.Gabrielle has Veronica. |
Buffalo watch us go by. |
A war torn Hippo. |
Kori Bustard, |
Elephant inspect the new road. |
Well they always walked here. |
This says it all really. |
Journeys end. |
The Falls. |
Paying our respects to Dr. David. |
Plenty of water coming down the mighty Zambezi. |
Promoting our Sponsors. Well a free shirt is a free shirt! |
Rainbows are common. Or are these technically "Spraybows?" |
Don't we make a nice picture? |
Lots of water. |
Really lots. |
And to end at the famous Bridge. We turn round here. |
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