Tuesday, July 17, 2007

The Okavango Delta.......it's wet!




So, after leaving the Victoria Falls area and having a disappointing game drive in Chobe National Park, we made our way south to Maun, Botswana, which is the unofficial gateway to the Okavango Delta. The delta is fed from Angolan rains and is the largest inland delta in the world. And let me just tell you, it's wet! We took some Makuro (dug-out canoes) rides in the delta to a place where we bush camped and went on a safari walk. Now, the Makuros are a pretty cool experience, but not when you and your tent mate are two big guys like Olaf and I. Our Makuro was 'ridin dirty' and every single wave that we experienced made us nice and wet! Yours truly got the bulk of the wetness there and back and I was pretty much soaked on my back side. Good thing we had lots of time to dry off in our bush camp.

The bush walk was definitely interesting and neat to be out in the wild with the animals, but unfortunately, we didn't see much except for Zebras and a bunch of elephant dung!

Until later.....

Love, peace, and soul.

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