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Flying over the Delta...
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AMAZING!!!
At night we all had dinner together at the hotel's restaurant but to be honest I kind of miss my last group and having a small intimate dinner in front of the fire cooked by Joseph! Jaja
Today I flew over the Delta on a teeny tiny plane.
I have found my new Stephen for this leg of the trip so I focused on enjoying the ride without having to take pictures... Only mental ones!!!
To be honest I had a hard time on the plane, it was very little and very shaky. Sitting in the front made it a little bit better since I could open the window and get fresh air... I made sure to do a lot of deep breathing!
I tried to focus on the scenery which was totally SPECTACULAR!
The first animals we spotted were some elephants, I can't describe how cool it was; we saw many of them in groups of up to 50-100, some of them crossing the water... Just spectacular!!! Imagine opening up a national geographic magazine with elephants and that's exactly what I saw... No words to describe it!!! I loved the ones that were walking alone and we could see their ears flopping... So freaking cute!
I will have to get pictures later because everybody deserve to see the magnitude of the Delta and its beauty. We spotted zebras, buffaloes, giraffes, hippos, and some horny (as in: they have horns in their heads) ones that I do not know their names.
I am kind of bummed that I was so sick and I had to concentrate more on not throwing up rather than looking down but for what it's worth it was an amazing experience to get to see all the animals in their natural habitat from high above!! :-)
Some pictures from Byron:
After our amazing flight we came back to the hotel and we were treated to a complimentary boat ride down the river.
During the ride we spotted warthogs, impalas, lots and lots of baboons (which made me think of Hunter Z!), zebras, qudus, and even a baby crocodile.
I've had a harder time adjusting to this group! First of all 12 of them started the tour in Cape Town 2 1/2 weeks ago so I feel like the new kid at school. Everybody had their selected seat and I am in the back of the bus pretty much by myself. Then I'm an uneven number so I have all the accommodations by myself (which is not at all a bad deal since I didn't pay single supplement and I get a king bed all for myself) but I do miss having people around me. I get energized by making connections, talking to people and I'm just feeling a little lonely.
Now I'm off for two days in the wilderness, taking mokoros (canoe like boats) for 11/2-2hours into the delta and camping in the bushes... Should be fun!
Which river is this? Are there any hippos?
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