Sitting in the very new and pleasant and friendly International Airport in Livingstone. Our African adventure has come to an end. Our last few days have been busy and a little bit of an anticlimax after all of our remote adventures. We took a day trip to Chobe National Park in Botswana. We were with a family group of Portuguese who were fun to be around but it was a very "touristic" trip and interesting how quickly we have become less excited about seeing leopa...

We left Chipata as the heat built and once out of town we found an empty maize field with a tree to park under to have lunch. As we ate a woman heavily pregnant young woman came walking barefoot along the hot tar road. We invited her to eat with us and she readily accepted tho she didn't speak. We gave her a good feed of chicken and salad in a wrap and sent her off with all our left overs. This was something that Zandré did every night. He would take our left ov...

Well, continuing Aunt Evelyn's journey although my thoughts had really moved to my grandfather, his brother and their prospective wives with their stiff upper lip and pioneering spirit. It is hot in Zambia in October/November which is just when Aunt Evelyn was travelling and my Dad was born on the 22nd November 1914 at the height of the buildup to the rainy season. It must have been difficult but there are no complaints in any of the correspondence we have from t...

It is hard to even look back 2 days when so much seems to happen and I can't afford to get behind with my writing but haven't had a chance until now. Our last day at Wild life camp was filled with amazing experiences. We decided to take our own vehicle into the park without a local guide and explore a bit deeper. Zandré got some local knowledge and we were away by 6.30 with the promise of our hottest day yet. We stopped on a bridge and watched hundreds of babo...

At last, a day off. We have been at Wild Life Camp for 3 nights now and we are in a routine. Alarm at 5am, tumble out and have breakfast of cereal and tea then away on a safari for 4 hours at 6 after quickly cleaning up and locking everything away from the monkeys. We stop at 9 am for a cuppa and a biscuit and are back at camp soon after 10 am. By that time it is way over 30 degrees and rising. About 11.30 we eat are substantial brunch which Zandré prepares. T...