Ok back to the blog, got to be quick as limited on time - will post some more photos as soon as we get enough time (it takes an age), probably won't be until Swakopmund at the weekend. Anyway back to last Thursday we were taken by Mokoros into the Okavango Delta where we slept out for the next couple of nights. A Mokoro is a specially designed dug out canoe from an eighty year old sausage tree which holds two people sitting or lying down and a poler standing up at the back. We had about an hour and a [View Full Entry]

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On Monday we started our 3 week southern Africa overland tour and left Victoria Falls for Chobe National Park. We are now travelling via overland truck with a group of 19 - 1 other english, 3 dutch, 2 spanish, 2 american, 1 romanian and 8 australian, most of whom are around our age however the americans are in their 70s! We also have a Kenyan crew consisting of a tour leader, driver and a cook. We have a rotar system where we help out with cooking and cleaning, the food is very good! At Chobe National Park we went on a [View Full Entry]

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The last 4 days have been amazing! On Thursday morning we started our 3 day Hwange experience. Hwange is Zimbabwe's largest national park. We arrived at the travel agent meeting point at 8:45 to find we were the only 2 people on this trip. We were previously surprised by the lack of tourists around Victoria Falls and it is evermore apparent that the bad political state of the country is putting off many tourists from coming here at the moment though there is no need to worry, these things are blown out of proportion and everywhere we have been feels reasonably [View Full Entry]

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Hello England! We arrived today in Victoria Falls after a 11 hour flight first to Jo'Burg then a 2 hour flight transfer. Was shattered when first arrived but after hour kip went a stroll to meet the local wildlife - the first of which were Wild Boar! These were actually wild ones though not like those being served on The Vine menu! Lots of monkeys also (we were told to keep windows shut to stop them coming in!) and lots of elephant dung so presumably we're see some elephants sooner or later! We're exploring Victoria Falls properly later in the week [View Full Entry]

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Thanks to everyone who came to our surprise (shock!) leavers party last Friday was great to see everyone and we were left touched by all the great friends we have. Special thanks to Abbie and Paul for organising it between them. Also thanks to Mojo Risin' for setting up the gear for a farewell performance, also really enjoyed last gig (private 40th birthday) I had before we go the following night at Clent Parish Hall. One week to go ay. I should be bloody excited shouldn't I? Yeah I am fairly but still got quite a long list of things to [View Full Entry]

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