Have left Livingstone on our way to Chobe National Park in Botswana. Our guides see us through the immigration process and we are in a little boat crossing the Chobe River into Botswana. This river is also flooded, more water than they have seen for 50 years.
The transport trucks wait at the border crossing for over a week to get across the river. The only way across is by ferry which can only handle 1 truck at a time.

The first part of our trip is a water safari so we start out in a covered raft complete with tea, coffee and cookies. The trip to our camp takes about 3 hours and we view the animals on the shore from the safety of our raft. We see hippos, elephants, kudos(antilope) crocs and impala. We are met on shore by another guide and he (Jensen) takes us to our camp. This is not a luxury camp but is very comfortable. Our travelling companions are great, 1 from Australia, 1 from Germany and 1 from Holland. Wine is included with our meals and we all proceed to bond and become best friends with our fellow travellers. At one point we are all laying on a blanket (drunk as farts) looking at the Southern Cross and the Milky Way. We knew thats what we were looking at because the guy from Holland(24 years old) was an Astro Physicist. We keep very good company here. Our guide was amazing, he found us all the animals including a lion with 6 cubs. He was quite willing to provide all services but don't worry, the wine haze cleared in time. Warren, don't worry, your mother is following all the advice she has given to you in the past. We had a wonderful time, we are on our way to South Africa and the last leg of our journey. We are still well, tired but still smiling.