nəˈmibēə

mosi-oa-tunya / victoria falls

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chobe national park has one of the highest populations of elephants in the world.  that evening, we easily saw over 100 elephants.  but even more lucky for us, as we were cruising, an elephant family decided to swim across the river to an island of reeds.  at one point, our boat was surrounded by elephants.  it was definitely one of the most spectacular things i have ever seen.  

the chobe river has hippos like whoa.  when they’re in the water, they’re really difficult to get good pictures of.  but all of those rock looking things in the water is a big happy family of the big guys.  i took some pictures of other boats to give you an idea of how close we got.

chobe river game cruise.

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camping at chobe safari lodge.

getting from namibia to botswana without our own car was interesting.  after taking a taxi to the namibian border post, we had to walk 2km across the border to the botswana border post.  the view was too pretty for us not to take a time out/picture break.   the first picture is alex, shannon, and me.  the next is sam over there chillin.

i just got back from an amazing holiday.  myself and a few other volunteers went to chobe national park in kasane, botswana and victoria falls in livingstone, zambia.  on our way out of the country, we stopped in katima mulilo to camp at the super fancy protea hotel.  by camping, we got all the perks of the fancyschmancy (delicious cobb salad, hot shower, flush toilet, etc.) but didn’t have to pay the fancyschmancy price of a room.  this is the sunset over the zambezi river right next to our campsite.

pumpkins from katwitwi…made into pumpkin muffins, pumpkin butter, and pumpkin seeds.  not to mention pumpkin ice cream!!! (not pictured)