 We packed light! |
 The happy couple ready to go |
 Bushtracks provided a limo! |
 Plan to exchange for kwacha and pula |
 Calling the kids to say goodbye |
 Landed in Lusaka, Zambia! |
 Afternoon cruise on the Chobe River |
 Tears at breakfast (email from Jess about Adam's surgery) |
 Checking all the camping gear in our rental car |
 Shopping for 6 day's food |
 Checking into the national park |
 Wonderful sights ahead! |
 Calling Jess and Markie from Savuti campground |
 A lunchtime siesta in the bush |
 Should we cross? (we did ... it was SCARY) |
 The "tuck shop" sold us their remaining 3 beer! |
 Sundowners at Savuti |
 Guess we won't use THAT table for cooking tonight ... |
 An alternate spot to cook dinner at Savuti |
 Climbing up to our sweet car-top tent! |
 Full moon with "Kalulu" the rabbit |
 DEEP sand on the way to Linyanti |
 Linyanti campground is relaxing |
 Cooking at Linyanti |
 What an elegant meal the wife prepared! |
 Water sundowners (no more beer) |
 Our trusty vehicle |
 Our vehicle with baobab |
 Relaxing at Ihaha campground in Chobe |
 Chobe elephants from our vehicle |
 Luxurious bed at Kwando Lagoon Camp, Botswana |
 Indoor shower at Lagoon |
 Annual tub photo (at Lagoon) |
 Washing clothes after 6 days of camping |
 We are off for safari at Lagoon camp |
 Amarula sundowers at last! |
 The happy couple |
 Perfecting my videography in the bright sun |
 Cyn and wild dogs |
 Traveling from Botswana to Zambia |
 Shop in Mfuwe |
 Items for sale by the road |
 Mom/child in Mfuwe, Zambia |
 Transportation, Mfuwe |
 Amazing balance |
 Mfuwe scene |
 Chalet at Kaingo Camp, Zambia |
 Kaingo has an outdoor tub on the river! |
 Mornings are cool (and fulled with LIONS!) |
 Afternoons are hot |
 The elephant "hide" where we spent a romantic night |
 Happy sundowers |
 Kaingo staff |
 Goodbye to our guide Patrick |
 Journaling at Tafika Camp |
 Entrance to the South Luangwa National Park |
 Gorgeous mopane forest |
 Right before the buffalo hit |
 The damage from the buffalo charge (that is a STEEL ladder) |
 More amarula required |
 The garden at Tafika |
 Boys photographing spiders |
 One of the spiders |
 Happy day-before-your-birthday to Jim |
 Birdwatching |
 Our tent at Tena Tena |
 Love those outdoor showers |
 Friend in our tent |
 Jammie photo! |
 Our guide, Bertie |
 Bertie loves the rulers (that turn into bracelets) we gave to him for his kids |
 Another wonderful sundown |
 Happy Birthday to Jim! |
 Cyn cuts the caje |
 A visit from our friends Chris and Annie |
 Breakfast in the bush! |
 Chris prepared a FULL breakfast |
 Coffee break |
 The happy couple |
 Crossing the mighty Luangwa |
 Time for a swim at Nkwali |
 Nice infinity pool |
 Nkwali bathroom with Jim |
 Nwkali bathroom with Cyn |
 Videotaping (wrapped in a kikoy) banded mongooses from our chalet |
 Banded mongoose in camp! |
 Typical delicious meal |
 Mathilda, our resident hippo |
 We saw wild dogs! |
 Dog snarl |
 Dog stretch |
 Dog snuggle |
 Dogs begin to hunt impala |
 The impala that got away! |
 We saw a lot of leopards |
 Leopard on the ground |
 Leopard in a tree |
 Leopardess in a tree |
 Leopardess relaxing |
 Leopardess eating an impala |
 Leopard cubs |
 Baby leopard |
 We saw a lot of lions! |
 Baby lion tail snuggle |
 Baby lion snarl |
 Lionesses |
 We saw cheetahs! |
 Cheetah snarl |
 Cheetah hunting |
 Cheetah eating |
 We saw hyenas! |
 Hyena babies |
 Cooling off |
 Hyena eating |
 Baboon |
 Baboon babies |
 Flying baboon |
 Mom and dead baby baboon (so sad) |
 Chameleon |
 Mom and baby puku |
 Mom and baby puku |
 Fuzzy waterbuck |
 Banded mongoose and a puku |
 Impala eating sausage fruit flowers |
 Slender mongoose |
 White-tailed mongoose |
 Sable |
 Sable |
 female kudu |
 Male kudu |
 Baby giraffe |
 Giraffe eating |
 Elephants |
 Tree squirrel romance |
 We saw birds! Lilac breasted roller |
 LBR |
 Vultures |
 Carmine bee-eater |
 Blacksmith plover defending nest |
 White-browed coucal |
 Red-faced mouse bird |
 Pied kingfisher couple |
 Green heron dancing? |
 Yellow-billed stork |
 Kori bustards displaying |
 Crested barbet |
 Long-tailed glossy starling |
 Great white pelicans |
 Guinea fowl gather |
 Guinea fowl flying |
 Fish eagle |
 Red-billed hornbill couple |
 Vulture with eland ribs |
 Giant eagle owl |
 Sunset! |
 Sunset |
 Hippos at sunset |
 More hippos at sunset |
 Nice touch at Eight Reedbuck, Lusaka |
 Our miles got us to FIRST CLASS for one leg of the journey home |
 I like this class of service! |
 They even gave us jammies! |