Today we returned to Maun which meant being up, packed down, breakfasted and on the makoro for 0730 hours. It was a peaceful ride back with a quick sing song of "in the jungle" with Kabe as we went. We said a heartfelt thanks as we farewelled our friendly polers and returned to our campsite in Maun. Ben joined us to go into town to find a good coffee and some lunch. The rest of the afternoon was spent by the pool with the evening rounding off the day with a banqu...

An early morning taking the tent down in the dark as we had an 8 hour drive to get to Maun. Today we saw elephants wandering along the highway and many many donkeys. When Botswana gained independence from Britain in the early 1960s the founding President decided to gift a donkey to each village - donkeys are useful for moving people & goods to commercial centres and from the place they are farmed to the village itself. However, donkeys breed and after 50 year...