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Animals! – Xaxanaka, Botswana
Unpacked the truck and moved all our gear to 4×4’s for our first game drive – 2 nights in the Moremi Game Reserve. Given the time of year we were very lucky with the 2 hour drive into the improbably...
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Chobe National Park – Chobe, Botswana
Another day another, game park. On the way there we passed the Tour d’Afrique coming the other way, looking surprisingly chipper considering they were cycling 12,000km from Cairo to Cape Town. Saw...
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Victoria Falls from Botswana and Zimbabwe
Went from Botswana into Zimbabwe to get the best view of Victoria Falls. As we cleared the border crossing we saw some extremely rare African Wild Dogs, but the real joy was seeing how excited Kevin...
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Zambezi Gorge – Livingstone, Zambia
Looking down into Zambezi Gorge Crossed from Zimbabwe to Zambia to stay in a campsite on the other side of the falls. Some of the group went to view the falls by microlite, but I opted for the...
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The “Funky Camp”– Ngepi, Namibia
View from the toilet Two days driving got us to Namibia and the long promised “funky camp” at Ngepi. It had a lot of quirky features such as outside toilets and a swimming cage in the Okavango river...
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Etosha National Park – Etosha, Namibia
Two days in the Etosha National Park with more game viewing – saw the usual, plus Gemsbok, Springbok, Jackal and Wildebeest. Also saw a lion chasing a giraffe. Not sure I wanted to see it getting...
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A perfect day out – Swakopmund, Namibia
Three days drive via a petrified forest and Cape Cross seal colony (120,000 seals in one place stinks) to the resort of Swakopmund – a bit like Benidorm for Germans Spent the morning sea fishing off a...
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Biggest sand dune in the world – Sesriem, Namibia
Sossusvlei in Namibia After a long drive across the featureless Namib desert we arrived at Sesriem and my favourite campsite. Here we drank warm beer and played the locals on a dilapidated pool table...
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The End – Cape Town, South Africa
We drove past Fish River canyon, then Clanwilliam and back to Cape Town. After a lunch of fish and ships surrounded by cheeky seagulls we spent the afternoon desperately shopping for gifts before...
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Unusual foods I’ve eaten around the world
Eating water caterpillars in Xishuangbanna led us to reminisce on some of the weirder foods we’ve eaten over the last six years of travelling. I’ve tried a few unpleasant dishes and found some amazing...
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