Tigers in Botswana? They have orange stripes, massive teeth and are renowned for their strength. Unlike the more famous mammal, the tigers I'm writing about are fish and they inhabit the Okavango Delta. They are renowned for their fighting ability and anglers travel from all over the world to try and catch them. More by luck than judgement Angela and I happened to be travelling up the panhandle of the western Okavango Delta at the perfect time of year for t...

Hi All This is a very quick update from an internet cafe in Maun sat next to an ankle biter (child) with dubious personal hygiene standards. I'm trying to write this before I get a dose of something nasty! We have just got back from a quick trip to 2 national parks (Nxai Pan & Makgadigadi Pans) to the east of Maun and a brief return to civilisation (watching England lose the rugby world cup final at a lodge called Planet Baobab in the middle of nowhere). W...

A slice of bread liberally coated with peanut butter then covered in a generous sprinkling of chocolate vermicelli (cake decoration). Eat for breakfast (perhaps lunchtime) and dinner with diet Pepsi. The eating habits of our Dutch friends, Arjan & Patricia, helped Angela and I appreciate the benefits of Britain being separated from Europe for the last 50,000 years. Having thought the Germans were odd (see blogs re Heike & Clint, Florian & Susie) it ...

Hi All "Two strokes and it's all over" Those of you with pure minds (which is all of you of course) will realise instantly that the above comment from Angela was referring to the small size of the plunge pool at Kwara, the luxury lodge in the delta that we spent an all too short 3 nights at this week! The game viewing at the lodge was awesome, we watched 2 cheetahs stalk and kill an impala, and 7 male lions (gay pride????) pull down a calf from a he...

Hi All After the dust and sand of our Moremi trip we've spent a relaxed week in Audi Camp Maun by the pool for some body & mind repairs (Angela is beyond repair sadly). Tomorrow we are heading back towards Moremi to a community campsite to escape the Independence Day weekend (it gets even noisier here in Maun, which is saying something, and a bit dangerous on the roads thanks to the alcohol consumption). After the community camp we are treating ourselves ...