27^th June - Around Maun

After a good 12 hours in bed we finally got up and set out in search of breakfast and an internet connection. We went to a very phallic building and giggled in a mature way. The coffee still sucks in this continent. L lol.

We then headed out for a drive to the kfvbkhfebj/svbk/f/bkj in the Kalahari dessert. Sarah was driving and doing a swell job of avoiding the people, cattle, donkeys, dogs and goats on the road. Pretty much the whole way the road was lined with Horn Bill birds feeding, and Sarah dreaded the prospect of hitting one. She didn’t but we did pass one mushed up little pile with a banana shaped beak protruding from it. ZAaaaaaaazuuuuuuuu Noooooooooooooo!

Then we had to pass through a Foot and Mouth disease control area where we got stopped by police, had to get out and walk through a puddle of disinfectant (even had to do the same to any extra shoes we had) and then drive through a bigger one. Very exciting.

We passed donkey carts heading down the road, people on donkeys and on foot herding their cattle across the road. Many cows, goats and donkeys crossing the road of their own accord.

And then we hit the potholes, holes all over the road so deep you could hide a goat in them. And so many that there wasn’t really much you could do to avoid them.

The patterning on the road also did something very trippy to your eyes after a while; Sarah noticed that after she had been looking at the road for a while, when she would look at the speedo, her vision would warp. The speedo and dashboard looked like it was breathing, moving back and forward and bending. Tripy! Raina also noticed the same when she took over the driving.

We then came back and went to a café for lunch and to await our scenic flight over the Okavango Delta.

Then we flew over the OKAVANGO DELTA.  And cannot think of enough superlatives to say……………..

We saw huge herds of Elephants walking along in single file. A huge mob of Hippos in a giant pool. You could see then blowing as they surfaced, more Elephants, more hippo, many antelope, and the magnificent Delta itself!!!! The photos are not brilliant through the planes windows but the memories are magic.