July '14 - Our 11th Trip to Africa

It was hard to say goodbye to the kitties	We packed light!	Fabulous first class on Cathay Pacific through Hong Kong	We even got to have a shared dinner!
We were provided with jammies too!	Our first camp, Mchenja	Delicious meals	Relaxing by the plunge pool
Off for a game drive!	Our next camp, Tafika	Annual jammie photo	Coffee and tea
The happy couple at sunset	Our next camp, Mwamba	Our own private lunch	Breakfast under the open sky
In the hippo hide	Selfies with lions!	Our next camp, Tena Tena	Such a nice open tent
Wonderful outdoor bathrooms	Cyn studies birds	Jim studies birds too	Sunrise in Zambia
Love the metal water bottles Jim decorated for us	Last safari drive with Carla and her kids	Fun at sunset	Our next camp, Kuyenda
Sundown snacks	Selfie with hyenas	Selfie with lions	Selfie with elephants
Selfie with big elephant!	Our next camp, Sausage Tree	Off for a cruise	Lunch in the river!
Jim relaxes	Cyn relaxes	Honeymoon tent at night	Fabulous bubble bath awaits
A nice touch!	Our next camp, Chongwe	Nice plunge pool!	Canoeing the Kalange channel
The famous videographer	A huge baobab tree!	Lunch in the bush	Sunset cruise on the Zambezi
The happy couple	Amazing orange skies	Sisters	Lioness
Lioness and cub	Stretching	Playing	Eating an impala
Mom and cub	Yawning cub	Yawning cubs!	Three siblings
Lion cubs	Cubs like to play	Cub snuggle	Cubs on mom
Lion in tree	Lion relaxes in tree	Killing a waterbuck	Lioness got a leg!
Lioness got the stomach!	Lion on a termite mound	Male lion drinking (after calling!)	Cubs with mom
Cub snuggle	Cubs play at night	Leopard hunting from a ravine	Leopard snarling
Leopard in a tree	Gorgeous leopardess	Leopardess stares	Leopardess walking
Wild dogs look	Wild dog	Wild dogs sniffing	Hyena
Two hyenas	Hyenas and vultures	Muddy baby elephant!	Elephant family
Male elephant viewed from a canoe!	Elephants drink	Elephants in lagoon	Elephants attacking (eek!)
Hippo yawn	Hippo family	More hippos	Hippo mom and baby
Hippo with egret	Hippo mom and baby on grassy island	Baboon eating	Baboon mom and baby
Vervet monkey	Vervet family kiss	Giraffe	Giraffe
Zebra mom and baby	Zebra yelling	Warthog	Porcupines!
Porcupine fully erect	Civet	Puku mom and baby	Impala
Impalas fighting	Impala LEAPing!	Impala	Kudu
Ghrysbok	Waterbuck baby leaping	Waterbuck mom and baby	Lilac-breasted roller
Crowned cranes	White-fronted bee-eaters	White-fronted bee-eaters	Hooded vulture
White-headed vulture	Black-winged stilt	Yellow-billed stork	Saddle-billed stork couple
Mozambique nighjar	Baby Pel's fishing owl!	"Dusty," our pop-top camper in Namibia	Camper kitchen area
Camper sleeping area	Picturesque road in Namibia	Typical (more monotonous) road in Namibia	Rest stop
Jim likes sodas!	Jim and Dusty	Cyn and Dusty	Jim changes our blown-out tire
Sunrise with Dusty	Cyn cooks dinner at campground	Sunset with Dusty	Another wonderful camping meal
Gemsbok oryx	Springbok	Cyn videos springbok	Black-backed jackal
Black-backed jackals	Male ostrich	Secretary bird on a nest!	Chalets at Sossus Dunes Lodge
Our bed at Dunes Lodge	Laundry drying at Dunes Lodge	Dune 45	Dunes
Dunes	And yet another dune!	Such gorgeous red sand	Varying dune landscapes
Dunes at sunset	Sammy and Cynthia climb "Big Daddy"	Cyn near the top	Cyn gets ready to run!
Having FUN running down Big Daddy	At the bottom of Big Daddy	Coming to kiss Jim!	Cyn on Dead Vlei
The famous photographer on Dead Vlei	Jim looking handsome	The happy couple on Dead Vlei	The famous photographer hard at work
Dead Vlei	Dead Vlei	Lion in Etosha	Wildebeest and zebra at Salvadora Waterhole
Wildebeest on the horizon	Reitfontein waterhole animals	Red-necked francolin mom and baby	Baby francolins!
Banded mongooses	Sunset in Etosha	Giraffe at Okakeujo waterhole	Warthog crossing!
A visit to Africat	Jim at Africat visitor's center	Damara dik-dik	Gemsbok oryx
Searching for collared cheetah	Relaxing cheetahs	Cheetah	Cyn and cheetahs
The happy couple with cheetah couple	Christian feeding his cheetah	Cheetah begging for more food	Cheetah whining for more food
Leopard climbing down tree	Hippo yawn	Hippo stares on our last night of safari	First class on Emirates
What a way to celebrate a fantastic trip!