We're coming to you today from the city of Maun, Botswana. We are just getting ready to spend a few days in the Okavango Delta. If you've seen the Planet Earth series, you may remember the Okavango Delta. It's the world's only inland river delta, where the Okavango River is gulped up by the sands of the Kalahari desert. It's a gathering point for animals of all kinds, due to the abundance of water in an otherwise desert area. We just signed up to take a scenic flight over the delta on Friday, which should be quite a highlight!
Last night we camped in the Khama Rhino Sanctuary. It was our first night camping on this trip, and it was surprisingly much warmer than our cabin from the previous nights. It must have been a good sleep because I (Derek) apparently woke up in the middle of the night talking about my passport and how we had to hand it over to the authorities. Katie tried to gently remind me of where we were, which only served to confuse me further. Botswana is so far much warmer than South Africa on the whole. This morning we went on an early morning game drive in the Rhino Sanctuary. We saw all kinds of animals including: two small rhino, gazelles, impala, crazy birds of various kinds, springboks, oryx (sp?), ostriches and vultures.
They told us that rhinos might travel through our campsite last night, so if we needed to go to the washroom, we should bring someone with us. That was a bit unnerving, but fortunately, we had no close rhino encounters.
We need to wrap it up as our group will soon be waiting. When we're in the delta, we likely won't have internet access, unless we make another trip into Maun. So this might be the last you'll hear from us for a couple of days. We're thinking of everyone at home, including Bailey. Bailey would have lots of friends to play with on the sides of the roads in Botswana! Hope everything is good at home. Talk to you soon...
D&K
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