BIG BIRDS OF BOTSWANA
Bird fans! Before our Africa trip disappears into the rearview mirror, I wanted to include some posts of our feathered friends. Yes, we went to Africa to see the elephants, hippos, giraffes and other exotic mammals but the wide variety of bird life proved to be fascinating as well. The images below are from Chobe […]
NOT SWAZILAND
In April 2018, the King of Swaziland decided to change the name of his country to Eswatini. The new name, eSwatini, means “land of the Swazis”… Wait, isn’t that what Swaziland means? The change was unexpected, but King Mswati has been referring to Swaziland for years as eSwatini. Despite the change in names, pretty much […]
CHOBE RIVER SUNSETS
It may be a distant future retirement task to process through the 10,500 pictures I took on our Africa trip, but while I am still fresh, I wanted to post as many subjects as I can before I am back to my day job. Today I bring you Chobe River sunsets. I posted one earlier, […]
WHY YOU COME TO AFRICA
Africa, why? I heard that from more than one person when asked about our next trip. The picture blog below answers that question. Our guide said that he had never seen elephants swimming. We watched two different packs swimming across the Chobe River, just 30 yards in front of our boat. There is a little […]
BIG ON BOTSWANA
We left Zimbabwe behind this morning and now we are in Botswana. Every picture and place that we have visited so far in Southern Africa pales in comparison to Botswana. The wildlife and scenery are spectacular and our accommodations are absolutely out of this world. We spent the afternoon and evening cruising down the Chobe […]
VICTORIA FALLS
Our days started with a walking tour of Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, then later we took a helicopter tour. I have time to just post a few of the 800 or so pictures I took, maybe later we’ll provide some narrative.
