Hello all. I am now in Livingstone, Zambia. We arrived this morning after a long border crossing and stop in Victoria Falls - very awesome, I got soaking wet and almost run over by a large baboon. I have pictures, but my camera is recharging now and the Internet here is on the slow side. So for now, a text recap will have to do.
After my last update in Windhoek, Namibia, we went to Botswana. Botswana is definitely less developed, I felt like I was really in Africa vs what I had encounted in Capetown and even in Namibia. We spent about 6 days in Botswana - in small towns like Maun, and then we went to the Okavango Delta, which is essentially this large wetland and the Chobe River flows through it and the river originates in Angola. We took these mukoros - dugout canoes - for 2 hrs to get to our campsite, and we went on some bush walks and saw elephants and baboons. I also took a scenic flight in a 5 seater plane over the delta and we saw so many more animals - hippos, elephants, buffalo, giraffe, etc. And I threw up. Apparently, I can't fly in small aircraft. But I can skydive.
After the delta, we went to Chobe National Park, which is famous for its elephants. We went on a morning game drive and didn't see much but then we did an afternoon game cruise and saw hippos and elephants really up close and some crocodiles eating a dead buffalo - that was kind of gross and cool - I'll upload photos of that later.
Today we left Botwana and came to Zambia. The tour I am on now ends tomorrow but I will be staying here for a few more days before flying down to J-berg on June 10.
The weather is warm and mosquitos are out and about and there are monkeys everywhere. I'll be back soon (before I leave Zambia) with pictures!
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