The Transmongolian

Monday, May 16, 2011

Hello from Botswana

Hello all and sorry for the delay in our updates.  Internet is scarce along the routes we are travelling - but hopefully in a week or two we will have a few days with wifi where we can properly update you all.

We are currently Maun, Botswana, in an internet cafe that doesn't support wifi, so pre-prepared posts and pictures will have to wait.

Much has happened, but highlights include:
  • Speeding down sand-dunes at over 70kmph in namibia
  • Quadbiking across the same sanddunes
  • A pork rib challenge where we were forced to consume as much as we could of 2kg of pork ribs
  • Game drives in Etosha National Park where we saw zebras crossing the road (zebra crossing?), giraffes grazing next to the truck, oryx, springbok, a sleeping lioness literally 5 metres from our vehicle (who was most unimpressed that we were disturbing our slumber and proceeded to head into the bush), rhinos drinking from a floodlight watering hole at night and elephants in the distance
  • perfect weather (almost cloudless skies, hot days and cold nights)
  • Red clay mountains and ancient rock paintings
  • Spectacular sunsets
must rush as we are heading to our campsight imminently and then to the Okavango Delta



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