Day 9, May 31 – Chobe National Park to the Okavango Delta
Posting this entry for Wednesday on Saturday, June 3, around 6:30pm from Maun, Botswana. It’s Thursday, June 1, 2023, 1:15pm as I type, sitting on [...]
Day 8, May 30 – Chobe National Park, part 2
We were asked to meet at the lodge entrance at 5:45am for a 6am safari ride. It was dark when we left; we drove around [...]
Day 7, May 29 – Chobe National Park, Botswana
This entry is for Monday, May 29. Happy belated Memorial Day to USA readers! We got up about 5am, packed, and made our way to [...]
Day 6, May 28 – Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe
This is the 6th safari for one of our fellow travelers, Maire (pronounced "maura"), from Canada. She describes them as similar to baseball: long boring [...]
Day 5, May 27 – Victoria Falls to Sable Lodge, 1st day of safari
Note: This entry is for Saturday, May 27, being posted late (Africa time) on Monday, May 29. I was up late Friday night getting the [...]
Day 4, May 26 – Johannesburg to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
As I type I'm sitting in the Aspire Lounge at JNB - Johannesburg airport, in the international terminal, waiting to board our flight to Victoria [...]
Day 3, May 25 – Cradle of Humankind, Hartbeespoort Aerial Cableway
My jet lag continued into the 3rd night, being wide awake again after just 3 hours. I was able to finally go back to sleep [...]
Day 2, May 24 – Johannesburg: Apartheid Museum, Constitution Hill, Victoria Yards
Tuesday night was the 2nd night here and that's traditionally the worst from a jet lag perspective. The first night I'm usually so tired I [...]
2023 Africa: Day 1, May 23 – Pretoria
We both slept well into Tuesday morning, getting up around 7:30am. That was a good 9 hours for me which is very unusual and a [...]
2023 Africa: Sacramento to Johannesburg via NYC
I left my house in Sacramento at 6:30pm Pacific time on Saturday and made it to Johannesburg at 6:30pm in that time zone on Monday [...]
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