From the desert to the Water fall

Here are a bunch of pictures from the last 3 weeks...sorry internet access has not been good! We spent some time in the Desert of Namibia than off to see the Himba Tribe. They are from Northern Namibia and have quite different traditions from the other tribes I have met. We spent a few days in Etosha National Park which was amazing for game siting. We got really lucky and saw all of the big five...buffalo, Elephant, Black Rhino, Lion and Leopard....really cool!
We headed over to Botswana for about a week and spent most of the time in the Delta which was truely amazing. Basically you get to animal hunt by walking around....you can get so close to nature and the animals it is amazing. And so beautiful.
Over to Zimbabwe after this..very intersting place at the moment...I have never seen anything like it...I hope that the politics get settled sooner than later...
Finally I did make it back to Joberg and on the plane to Cairo..so now I am in Egypt and will put up some pictures from here soon. Things are great...though it is a bit hot....hahahha..like 40 degrees...thank god for AC!



Namibia

Sandboarding in Swakopmond..so much funn going down the dune on your belly with the sand board.




Quad biking through the sand dunes...also so much fun! Sand everywhere by the end of the day.




The desert meets the Atlantic Ocean



Craft dolls made by the Damara Tribe


The Himba kids..so funny to play with



The Himba ladies...They are very interesting because they have these long rituals and never clean themselves with water..they use smoke. We camped right outside their village.




Etosha National Park: Elephants at the first campsite, at the watering hole.


Etosha National Park...one of the many lions we saw lazing around in the grass




Etosha National Park...More Giraffe in the brush



The Etosha pan...a very large area of the park that is basically salty clay. It is usually dry, but is wet now because of the flooding in the summer











Botswana

The Okavango Delta...Being poled out by John. It was about and hour and half ride to the camp site



Learning how to pole in the Delta. I actually got fairly good at it...
it isnt as easy as it looks..there is a lot of technique required!




I never thought I would do this....Kate and I made Rice Krispie treats over the fire as a dessert in the Delta...they were green because of the marshmallows...turned out quite good actually!



Our last night in the Delta...We were poled out to a hippo pod, where we watched the sun set as the hippo's moved around and jumped out of the water. It was a bit concerning because we were in these little wooden boats and hippo's are the most dangerous animals in Africa...we got qite close as well...



Kristina, and I with John, our own poler for the Delta trip. He offered to have my watch...he did say he would give me some money so I could buy a new one.


View of The Bostswana Okavango Delta from the airplane...really an amazing site



Another view of the Delta from above...we actually saw large herds of Elephants, Rhino, differnet Buck, and Buffalo.



Cruising down the Chobe River in Chobe National Park for more wildlife spotting...a big herd of hippo's



Yet again...another beautiful African sunset...Brilliant!




Victoria Falls from The Zimbabwe side



The Zulu dancers at a retaurant in Vic Falls..so good!



Me and my girls...loaded up with our items to trade at the market. Yes..that's right...you dont need money to take home crafts from Vic Falls...people want anything that you will give them..infact they would even take the shoes off your feet or the shirt off your back. Very interesting place...