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Updated Information
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Date |
Camp Site or Accommodations |
GPS |
Distance Today:
93km |
Meals
Boerewors with pap |
Weather |
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Moremi National Park,
Botswana |
29 June, 2004 |
South Gate Campground |
19°25.522’S
x 23°38.710’E |
Odometer: 26410km |
Partly Cloudy, 85(F)
Degrees, |
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We spent the day on a game drive in the park,
visiting 3rd bridge and various water holes. We saw giraffe, elephant, red
lechwe, and a broad assortment of birds. On the way back to camp in the
evening we were treated to a beautiful sunset. Brian and Debbie prepared a
care package from home, which included Oreo cookies, and selection of
Sunday comics, some burrito seasoning, and a bottle of tobasco sauce.
Connie and Graham made dinner which they topped off with an excellent
“bush cheesecake.” |
3rd bridge. the Toyota is Debbie and Brian's rental car
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Updated Information
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Date |
Camp Site or Accommodations |
GPS |
Distance Today:
91km |
Meals
T-bone steaks and sweet potatoes |
Weather |
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Moremi National Park,
Botswana |
30 June, 2004 |
South Gate Campground |
19°25.522’S
x 23°38.710’E |
Odometer: 26501km |
Partly cloudy 88(F)
degrees |
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This morning we left for another section of
the park. We saw some elephant and giraffe, but the game was well-hidden.
When we returned to camp at about 530, we learned that we will be able to
move to 3rd bridge campground tomorrow, which will save us a 45 minute
drive to most productive areas of the park. The south African family with
six kids that was camped near us for the past two nights has departed,
allowing us to savor the howls of the hyena in peace. |
A tiny frog we saw in the road Graham driving through the delta
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Updated Information
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Date |
Camp Site or Accommodations |
GPS |
Distance Today:
60km |
Meals
Braai'd steak with potato and carrot
curry |
Weather |
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Moremi National Park,
Botswana |
01 July, 2004 |
3rd Bridge Campground |
19°14.337’S
x 23°21.405’E |
Odometer: 26561km |
Sunny 90(F)
degrees |
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We left camp early this morning and weren’t
even finished with our rusks and coffee when Graham radioed from the rear
of our 3-vehicle convoy that we had just passed within a couple of feet of
a leopard lying in the grass near the road. We stopped and got a brief
look at the cat as he walked off into the bush. We spent about a half-hour
looking for him and inspected the prints he left in the road. The rest of
the morning was spent on a slow drive to 3rd bridge campground where we
arrived at lunchtime. After some food, a nap, and catching up on the
Sunday comics we went out again, stopping at a lagoon to watch some
lechwes browse. One of them had an injured hind leg and we wondered if she
would become someone’s meal tonight. Some storks arrived, and we watched
an eagle fly past. We could hear the grunts of a nearby hippo and the
characteristic hooting of a dove, as well as the calls and cries of dozens
of other birds and insects. Graham made drinks and we watched the sun set
over the okavango delta from the top of our cars. |
The early tourist sees the leopard Game viewing at its finest!
The early tourist sees the leopard
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