Today we awoke early in our bush camp and went for a mokoro trip to another island in the Okavango Delta. When we got there we went for a walk in the wild and I do mean the wild. There are no fences here, only our African guide with a small knife. The first part of the walk consisted of tracking our quarry. We walked through grass that was taller than most of us and it reminded me of the scene in the "Lost World" where they get attacked by Velocir Rapt...

We managed to get a sleep in today, which was really nice, after all those early mornings. That being said our sleep in was a 6:30am start, but after a goodnights sleep in a double bed I woke up feeling like a million bucks. I woke Siobhan, who groaned "It hurts!" as I woke her having a much harder night than I had. I then went to breakfast, and had baked beans and eggs on toast, which was awesome. We got on the truck and drove back down the bumpy flo...

We were up before the sun this morning and had to pack up and dismantle everything in the dark.Something which I have actually come to hate with a passion.We took the tents down and packed the truck and then headed off for our full days drive to Bhagani, our last stop in Namibia before heading into Botswana. We drove back up the muddy bumpy road that only just seemed to fit our truck and managed to get a tyre puncture.We got off the truck while Sarah, Dave and C...

What a day this has been!I awoke at 5am for cooking duty, to help our chef Charles prepare breakfast.We left at 7am for the town of Grootfontien, I slept basically all the way there.Once we got there we were turned loose for an hour, while Dave and Sarah picked up supplies.I went on the internet and sent a few emails home picked up some snacks for the truck.I also managed to find a post office so I could send off my first round of postcards. We got back on the...

Today we did game driving all day, we got up early, yet again, so most of us were falling asleep on the first drive.I was just about asleep, when I spotted a rhino and yelled out to everyone else.Best spot of the day!We sat and watched this magnificent creature for about an hour, it was wonderful to see it in the wild, rather than in a zoo.This is the first of the big five, and one of the hardest to spot, as they are on the endangered list. We stopped at anoth...