A long journey. LHR was broken up nicely with a $99 monthly pass to AA's Admirals Club. Pass allows one accompanying guest so that will work out to $25/person/visit.
Gunn's Camp: Pretty rustic camp with limited access via the strip (20 mins from MUB) or boat (4 hours from Maun)
Louie flying a 206 for Moremi Air out of MUB.
Elephant on air strip.
Had to buzz him off. Same elephant who is gradually destroying the Camp.
6 or so luxury tents - depending on elephant damage.
15th July
arrived at lunchtime and then, with the 3/4 of the german family (Andrea, Carsten etc) we headed out on the power boat to view the delta and its inhabitants.
very pleasant. strange to see so much water flowing yet the its the height of the dry season. all the water is from Angola. Elephants and crocodile. King Fishers
dinner: why did i eat the carrot and ginger soup? Disastrous bathroom-centric night throwing up.
16th July
Boat to island and 3 hour game walk without the game. Nice boat ride though.
Skipped the afternoon dugout canoe trip but Dyane thought it very good
dinner: skipped the soup! fully recovered don't want to mess that up.. Australian alpha females have arrived. Dinner conversation consisted of an unrequested explanation of Aussie Rules football.
Its like someone described what luxury is to a westerner and then that information was passed as in a game of "telephone" so the message received is slightly wrong. High Tea? Formal Dinner? Can't help but think that Colin Edwards in Rockview, Guyana actually got a lot of it right after all.
buffalo - run up termite mound. if it charges lie down
elephant - trumpet ok, trunk between legs and flattend ears is big trouble
leopard - dont make eye contact
lion - do make eye contact
17th July
Elephant doing serious tree damage outside the tent for early part of the night. Best line of trip so far: Aussie son (about 12) says at breakfast he was expecting his mum to go out and sort the elephant.
Gordon (from Colorado) subcontractining his Kovango Air plane to Moremi Air picks us up from Gunn's for the 80min flight to Kasane.
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