Day 308 DRIVE DAY- We headed off early stopping to cook group shop and it was Carly cook group's turn again! With some Eland, Cabbage salad and Greek salad on the menu.. what could go wrong? First we miscalculated and went over budget and we had no idea how tough Eland was when cooked on the fire. With another stop couple hours later for lunch we arrived at the Treesleepers reserve for a local tour. The treesleepers are a local tribe aptly named as the sleep in trees! Our enthusiastic guide gave us a traditional fire lighting demonstration, how to catch/hunt termites, and the local traditional hunting techniques and poisonous plants used. After a drink and some biltong (dried and spiced meat in this case beef I hope.. a popular African local snack) overlooking the
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