Etosha and the Pans

Well we left Palmwag with Pru and Keith on sunday and drove down to Outjo, where a mechanic replaced their beautifully shredded tyre, then it was up to Etosha, a 100 by 60 kilometre odd national Reserve.  

For Lindsay and I, the stays at two Camps, Halali and Namutoni have again been full of ''15 years ago it was...'' . we have been on game drives, seen elephants and game, but most of all for me, it has been the experience of the space. Two years without rain has created a scorched brown veld, where zebra and antelope and other animals seen miraculously to scrape food. The water holes have been lovely with everyone seeing different mixes of game. Evenings at the camp are about sitting round the ''braai'' cooking and eating in delightful disorder, and of course sharing stories of the day over cold beers and chilled wine.  We now have over 1300 kilometres of driving, a lot on dirt, dust covered roads, the slip streams are impressive.

We are now in a friendly café in Tsumeb, with wi fi, meeting with Edith, our link to the twin town we share, we have passed on the gifts we brought, and are learning of the projects and life in the town. And soon off north again to the riverine environment of the Okavango. More anon. ps...I'm loving it all  !!!!!!!!!!!