Livingstone & Chobe

After my friends in poorly-fitting dresses on Singapore airlines had delivered us to Livingstone (I presume), we went straight to Victoria falls. It was actually hard to see anything as the once the water falls to the base, the spray thunders back up and creates a mist obscuring much of the surrounding area. A walk along a knife's-edge bridge had us soaked to the bone before quickly heading to our lodge on the Zambezi river for a boat cruise, fire-side dinner and an early night before our trip to Botswana the next morning.

At this stage, Amanda had already shown the early signs of what would be an uncharacteristically ditsy trip, having left her scarf at the airport then losing her gloves watching the lunar rainbow. I on the other hand, had started to exhibit a very fledgling interest in noting the beautiful birds we saw and suffering the indignity of being called a "birder." While we were together, I had to look at birds out of the corner of my eye &/or through sunglasses.

We crossed through to Kasane, across the confluence of waterways that form the intersecting border of Namibia, Angola, Zambia and Botswana. Chobe and northern Botswana in general is the elephant capital of the world with large herds dominating the environment, to the point that the park is being loved to death by them. Sadly, the elephants (and other game) can easily cross the river to Namibia where they can be shot. The little guy below has some serious protection though and they moved into a flanking position in response to our proximity.

We were on a mobile safari and staying in tents. I had arranged two nights. Two nights turned out to be Amanda's limit. Amanda having stayed two nights in a tent was my limit.

Having been inspired by local fashion, Amanda is now thinking about "big hair." I didn't shave for a while but apparently that does not create the same " just want to cuddle-up and hug him" appeal that a lion's hair does. In my favour though, I thought that "not killing and eating her" was enough of a pay-off but Amanda thinks that lions don't like Chinese food.