It’s half past seven and under a full moon I’m watching a hippo wade up the river in front of […]
Kalovia
Another 5.30 start today and we were joined by Rob from Botswana. He’d been unwell the day before having caught […]
Leopard
Blimey those hippos can be noisy beasts. They came up to graze outside our tent in the night stomping about […]
The Great East Road
When we told Brett at Mvuu we were heading for Bridge Camp he said “I’d be amazed if the owner’s […]
Of crocs and crossings…
Brett was fairly clear that we needed an early start today. “We’ll probably leave around 9.30” suggested Philippa. “I’d prefer […]
More Mvuu
I slept deeply last night, waking at one point to hear a hippo grazing somewhere close. I could hear its […]
Mvuu
Somehow we managed to get our tents up last night, regaled by hippos grunting in the darkness. The soundtrack for […]
Leopards Hill Road
Now, I like close-harmony singing as much as the next man. But at 5.30 in the morning, blasting out through […]
Actually Zambia
The sun is going down behind us and the trees are dropping thick seed pods like curls of bark which […]
Zambia
No this isn’t Zambia. What gave you that idea? No, this is the car park of the Premier Inn at […]
