Retired last year and itching to travel more than a few weeks at a time, we've planned a number of trips to celebrate this next phase of our lives. Our favourite things to do are mostly centred around being in the outdoors and enjoying natural areas, so we are more likely found seeking out the lesser known parts of areas we visit, and the least populated areas. We've been known to hike for days, hauling heavy packs into remote valleys and forests just to avoid the usual front country crowds and see wild animals truly in the wild.

Richard has a 'top ten' list, so we will be referring to that as we make plans. After the last trip to the Southwestern US, our next trip is a bit more adventurous - a safari in Botswana. After flying from Vancouver to London, where we will spend a few days getting over jet lag, we fly to Maun, Botswana by way of Johannesburg. There we will spend a few days on our own enjoying the Okavango Delta area before joining our group to start the Safari through some of Botswana's incredible national parks, ending the safari with a day at Victoria Falls. Then it's back to London for a week with Richard's daughter and her husband before returning to home in Pitt Meadows.

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