Well, we lost a member of our trio Friday- Shannon is in transit back to Canada as we speak. You will be missed by everyone here in Africa!
Kristi and I are still in Livingstone and we spent the day over the border in a Game Park called Chobe, in Botswana. It's one of the few places where you can see 4 countries all at once from the border- Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Namibia. It was a pretty great day- we spent the morning on a boat, cruising the Chobe river, where we saw many hippos, some crocodiles (a little too closely for my liking at some points...we had some pretty stereo-typical americans on our boat, so we needed to get as close as possible to the crocs!), a couple of elephants and many, many birds (those same americans were REALLY into their birds). We then did a game drive in Chobe park after lunch. Amazing- we must have seen more than 100 elephants in their natural habitat. We also saw giraffes (giraffe? plural?), wart hogs, more hippos and yes, more birds. We just arrived back at our hotel, a little sun burnt, with memory cards full from the day! We promise to post more photos soon- I left my trusty laptop back in Ndola, so we need to figure out a way to get the snaps on the blog:)
We are off to Capetown tomorrow for the remainder of the week. Talk to you soon!
C&K
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Lookinf forward to hearing more when you return. Take care.
Patricia.
Claudia, my fellow passenger on the flight from Ndola to Joburg was a South African who informed me that Victoria Falls look far nicer from the Zimbabwe side!
S.
The plural of giraffe is giraffes. Its name reflects observations that the beast looks like a hybrid, with the characteristics of a camel combined with the markings of a leopard. No doubt you will recognize the similarity of the English word "giraffe" to the Arabic, "ziraafa" which means assemblage or collection. Another animal who shares this assemblage of names and characteristics is, of course, the Liger, which in all fairness is an actual hybrid of the male lion and a female tiger. At least that's what Kip told me.
Mulishani!
Enjoy your stay in the south
I can't wait to hear more upon your return to LifeSpring. my prayers are with you. Mwende Bueno, Tracey xox
Claudia,
You sound like you are having so much fun. I have to admit, I am warming up to the idea of going there. It sounds beautiful.
Melanie
I am loving the blog!! It is so neat to follow you on your travels. I cannot believe how beautiful the children are!! Thank you for taking the effort to make the blog!! Many prayers are going before you!! God Bless you !!....Audrey
Sounds like an awesome adventure. I can't wait to hear the in debth stories when you get home. I'm loving the blog - thanks for taking the time to update us all.
Keep well and enjoy the journey!
Tim
Hey Miss Cauldia, It's Susan, again. ah the memtion of Elephants, and zip no mascara AGAIN! I have SUCH a connection to elephants. Just happen to have 4 on my office computer tower.
Enjoy all the wild ones, especially the ones from the Yew Ess of AY. Love Susan,
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