Day 7 - February 1, 2014 - Nata to Palapye and the Khama Rhino Sanctuary It's quite the drive again - we stopped at a city with a Wimpies which provides free Wi-Fi - amazing how desperate we all are for a 'connection'. Sandile and Nykia have to fix the gas leak (again) and it takes about 2 or so hours - again….I ate at the Wimpey's because I cannot think about eating processed meat. Others didn't so when we finally arrived at the Rhino sanctuary; we had a ...

Hello my Friends Apologies for the delay, however, this is AFRICA. The internet is practically non-existant or very slow at best so have not been able to add anything to the blog. Am on my Victoria Falls to Johannesburg tour. We started in Zimbabwe and spent the past three days in Botswana - mostly the Okavango Delta which is outstanding. I will be catching up over the next week or so so my apologies in advance for the number of emails you will receive. Tha...

Day 6 - January 31, 2014 Okavango Delta to Nata, Botswana Up early to the sound of a male baboon screeching and hippo's snorting. There is always the red eyed doves which coo and I have heard them every day in Africa when in towns or in the countryside. I had tea and started to talk to Kagiso about the country. All the lodges are owned by foreigners so I asked him what he wanted to do. He wanted to buy a boat with a motor to start a supply transport busine...

January 29 & 30, Day 4 & 5 - The Okavango Delta This delta is the largest inland delta in the world. There are a labyrinth of lagoons, lakes and hidden channels covering 17,000 sq km. It originates in Angola and a number of tributaries join to form the Cubango River which flows through Namibia becoming the Kavango River and finally entering Botswana where it becomes the Okavango. Millions of years ago this river used to flow into an inland lake howeve...

January 28, Day 3 - Chobe Park to Maun. It is a very long day to drive to Maun, leaving at 6am. Along the way we see lots of Elephant families - migrating. Botswana does not have the population or topography of the other countries, no villages along the way with children waving and so on. The land is dry and flat and not as lush as elsewhere. Once at Maun, I find it is a very modern city with lots of small airlines as it is the gateway to the Okavango Delta...