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6 am start
- usual morning routine. The sunrise this morning had a
different atmosphere to those of our earlier days - quite a bit
of cloud provided a very different vista. We left 7am for
a game drive, and, here I feel it suffice to quote directly from
Nancy's diary - "hardly saw a thing." So there - nothing
to show you - Could show you an elephant, but we've had enough
of them - and so - full circle to The Riverside Sedia Hotel
which we had left two weeks before. On route, we stopped at a
village clinic, where Nancy presented the nurse with some items
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a
sphygymamometer (blood pressure machine) and two auroscopes (for
examining nose and ears) for which she was very grateful -
particularly as she did not possess one of the latter. Then it
was a brief stop at the local school, where we gave the
headmaster a bag of pens, pencils, rubbers, sharpeners, and, for
leisure - some balls and skipping ropes. Unfortunately, time was
of the essence, and we quickly resumed our journey. Arriving at
the hotel, we had lunch, once again, trusting the cheeseburger
and chips as before. Time then for a shower, some final
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At 3.20
that afternoon, Bibi picked us up, and we were soon on route for
our final activity - the optional flight over The Okavango Delta
- a bargain at around £37 for the hour.
We split into two groups and boarded our Cessna 210's at Maun
Airport. For this, rather than rabbiting on about this view and
that view, I shall simply let the photos do the talking, to show
the spectacle of the floodwaters as they spread across the
delta, having completed their journey of 2000 km. from the
deserts of Angola. |
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Please
note: No links on these
remaining photographs
below.
That evening, rather than dining
at the hotel we all took a walk down the road to the "Sports Bar." With
a varied menu, everybody enjoyed their meals. Henrietta was delighted to
see "marrow bones" included amongst the choices for starters. They had,
evidently, been unavailable in UK since the foot and mouth outbreak - so
her marrow bones, served with slices of toast, went down a
treat. Jacqui's choice of main course however proved to be
somewhat overwhelming!! I sampled a T-bone steak, and once
again, the Botswana beef was excellent. One or two plumped
for a very tasty fillet of pork stuffed with sage and feta
cheese - so filling that few finished it. |
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