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Published: April 24th 2009
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 half journey being 'poled' through the narrow tributaries with reeds brushing by - a very relaxing and surrene experience! The Okavango Delta is the world's largest delta and you really feel like your in the middle of nowhere. We went swimming and tried our hands at poling the Mokoros ourselves, harder than it looks! Around sunset and sunrise we went on bush walks where we saw zebra, giraffe, antelope, baboons and a lot of shit! One evening we took a sunset Mokoro cruise to see some hippos bathing - couldn't get too close though - apparently they're the most
Laid back in a Mokoro
Just chillin', Okavango Delta, Botswanadangerous of animals you see on safari and could break a Mokoro into three with one bite! At night we watched the local Botswanans sing and dance and we too had to respond with our own - felt rather embarassed to be white and western - africans have a vast repetoire of song and dance they can perform without accompaniment and in comparison ours was a shambles (they persuaded me to lead Bohemian Rhapsody and they joined in in a drunken rowdy sort of way...er).
When we arrived back from our Mokoro trip we went on a flight over the delta in a small 7-seater plane. I found it quite relaxing and smooth however Jessie was sick! At least they had sick bags though. From the air (only 500ft) you can appreciate how vast the delta is and see the curvature of the earth's surface as well as seeing many animals we had seen on the ground.
The next day we crossed the border into Namibia (and got stopped by the police for speeding). We have been staying in Etosha National Park where we have been on other game drives, saw two mating lions on one! The campsites
in Namibia are surprising really posh and well equipped - often having a german flavour to them (having been colonised by them). Today we are heading for the Cheetah Park where we will see both tame and wild cheetahs.
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