Up as usual for 6am - for the regular light breakfast, but this morning, with the addition of sorghum porridge, prepared by Bibi, very nice it was too, and similar to our own porridge oats. Following a glorious sunrise, we were on the road for 6.45 am and soon we were sighting elephants, a family of 5 or 6 lions resting in the dawn light, a slender mongoose and  tsette antelope. Bibi manoeuvred into position to get good views of the resting lions. They were very relaxed, although the cubs provided a bit of entertainment. Much of the wildlife we were now encountering at this stage of the trip was of course that

 which we had seen before, but this never dulled the sense of anticipation on our game drives. We were always on the lookout for anything that moved (and that that didn't!!) and on this particular drive mongoose were sighted on several occasions, both the slender and the dwarf variety. Additionally, we had some nice views of the buffalo, which, along with the hippo is viewed as one of Africa's most dangerous beasts. Both appear to be slow and lumbering  but  they are unpredictable and responsible for more deaths on the African continent than any other creature - apart from

the mosquito, and, as in our case, best viewed from a vehicle. We also had good views of the marabu stork before returning  to camp for a brunch of potatoes, sausage, bacon, eggs, mixed beans and olives. Time as usual in the afternoon to relax and take a bush shower before the 4pm game drive.
This drive produced a rare sighting, if only for two or three of us, and that was of a serval that scurried across the road behind us. It was a very brief glance, and much too quick for a photo, but a good sighting nevertheless of this lynx-like creature. And here I thought I may make mention of a little bird

that never failed to attract attention, and became a particular favourite of Henrietta - the lilac-breasted roller. They were quite common sightings, but on occasion they deserved a photo-stop of their own. Other sightings included the goliath heron, the world's largest heron, bataleur eagle - plus a juvenile, baboon - and elephants just for good measure.  Another memorable sunset was followed by dinner -chicken in sauce, rice and cauliflower, followed by tinned peaches. This should have been tinned peaches and custard, but a mouse had bitten its way into our final carton - so the custard was off!!

Around the campfire, Bibi gave one of his talks, and was recounting a tale when he was 13 years of age. At that time he lived in a village on the Okavango Delta, and his daily trip to school was by way of mokoro - a dugout canoe. He was poling his way along the river when he noticed a large crocodile closing on him behind. It was a common practice for crocodiles to launch themselves on to mokoro, causing them to sink, and many people were killed in this manner. As the crocodile drew closer Bibi became certain that an attack was imminent, and then threw his dog to the beast. His dog, inevitably, was taken by the croc, but his quick-thinking probably saved his life. And so to bed once again!!