Sandboarding in Swakopmund

Swakopmund gets 5 days of rain so we have successfully dodged the rainy season.  (no more complaints about the weather - I promise).

 

Yesterday we did a scenic flight over the skeleton coast, sossuvlei and the namib desert during which 3 out of 5 people consumed all the sick bags on the plane - YUCK!!!

 

Today we go sandboarding which is like snow boarding except faster (80 kph) and sandier and no chair lifts - this could be fun :-)  Hopefully no sick bags needed!

 

Merry Xmas everyone and a happy New Year!

 

Anthony and Sharon

Survived the Okavango, now for Etosha...

Oavango turned out too much quieter than expected, although there was
fresh elephant poo outside the campsite on the second morning. Unless
Sharon is hiding a nasty tummy bug!

Plus almost stepping on a baby puff adder -- it didn't hiss very
loudly -- still lots of fun. And the Makoro canoe didn't capsize
which was a relief!

Just been camping beside Waterburg plateau which is very beautiful,
and saw the sunrise this morning. Yes, Sharon is getting better at
mornings!!!

Off to Etosha today for a few game drives which should be a lot of
fun, wish us luck.

Looking forward to Xmas at Swakopmund and New Years in Cape Town.

Merry Xmas to everyone and a drunken New Year!

Tony and Sharon

flooded in Botswana

So it's rainy season... and that means RAIN.  And we're heading into the Okavango delta to wild camp.  Wish us luck.  Or webbed feet.

 

Last night we were on a boat game cruise in Chobe and saw lots of Elephants, including some that wanted to play with the boat which was tricky as we tried to dodge the hippos.  Very entertaining....

 

Both doing well, arms if infe without the cast and doens't smell as much now, despite lack of showers!

 

Sharon is doing well - and not too grumpy at the early starts (5:30am!!!!).

Zonked in Zambia

After 4 days in Zambia we have seen :-

* Wild Dogs at South Luanga National Park
* Thornycroft Giraffe
* 4 Genets and some white tailed mongeese
* Some hippos feeding
* Been charged by Elephants
* Been menaced by an Elephant wanting the grass under the open topped
Land Rover we were sitting in. It won.
* Avoided the cobra hanging out by the toilets, and the leopard
hunting between bar and lodges at our campsite
* Drank much Mosi beer
* Ran out of Diesel on the way down (what are fuel guages for anyway???)
* Broken the rear bumper on a big rock
* Crashed through some low hanging branches
* Took some wrong turns

We have also camped out in a school room to avoid the torrential rain,
more today, and encountered the joys of the Zambian postal system
after blagging some free packing. Not to mention carrying a chair up
and down Cairo Street in Lusaka to the locals amusement...

Tomorrow or tonight my cast comes off if I have to gnaw the f***er off myself!!!

Tomorrow we head to Livingstone for Victoria Falls and much tourist
hassling excitement...

Ciao!

Melting in Malawi

Lovely country, beautiful, friendly people, gorgeous lush scenery and
amazing sunsets.

Also some amazing thunderstorms in the middle of the night, moving
through the campsite where you foolishly pitched your tent under a
tree. Oops. No direct hits but some of the blasts sounded pretty
close.

Did a fun afternoon horse ride through the jungle and almost succeeded
in stopping the horses eating the villagers maize crops... Oops!

Tomorrow we head to Zambia, and commence some long drives over rough
roads which should mean very sore posteriors tomorrow night. Wish us
luck!

Zanzibar eaten so you'll have to settle for Lake Malawi

So the interweb decided to eat the post from Zanzibar, typical Africa!

You'll have to make do with Malawi which is a small country beside a large lake. Still have the cast on so no snorkelling for me, anyway don't fancy bilharzia that much!

We do a village visit tomorrow and horse riding in the verdant jungle alongside the beach, should be a blast. Nice to take a break from 3 long days of driving and chill for a day.

Malawi is gorgeous, but very poor. The people are very friendly and much less hassling than the rest of east africa so far.


And in case you were wondering, Zanzibar was a lot of fun. Stone Town is scenic, decaying and amazing despite all the tourist parasites and tourists. Lots of fun on the spice plantation tour, cheesy but educational.

Cheers,

Anthony