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JULY 2022
By Duncan Bennett, Member #4171
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e ended Part 3 in Zimbabwe, who lead the world in number of police road-blocks.
Botswana. No Drama The late morning entry into Botswana commenced as with all border crossings in the immigration building, as expected this was modern, clean, and relatively efficient. People leaving Botswana were over on the other side of the room, resulting in a loud conversation over the top of the officials in the centre with a couple on a BMW 800GS heading towards Victoria Falls.
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had become tangled in weed, suddenly all cameras were pointed in that distracting direction. The digital shutters going off could only be compared in intensity to a gala red carpet event with Kim Kardashian getting out of the limo having forgotten to put her pants on. Eventually the captain had no choice but to disembark over the side into the 1m deep swamp, and pulled the boat out to applause from the fleet of watching vessels. No more boring elephants were bothered to be photographed that day.
Nine out of ten elephant dentists agree; getting the mud off your grass before chewing will keep your teeth healthy for longer
Part 4 - Botswana to the Bottom After a 10 km ride into Chobe, we found an ATM to load up on Pula, then into the luxury of Chobe Bush Lodge that was our place of ritual disrobing of sweaty riding gear before hitting the pool and a quick lunch. By 3pm, we were on a Chobe River boat cruise to see the wildlife. Within a kilometre, and before an order could be made at the on-boat bar, large numbers of elephant appeared from the bush to drink from the Zambezi tributary. Then the usual problem for wildlife occurred; their magnificent display was trumped by a boat that
Suddenly the captain of the stuck boat getting over the side became even more interesting After seeing a few hippos who absolutely refused to give their open mouth “money shot” presentation to us, it was back to the lodge to compare over dinner how much better one’s photos were than all the other losers pathetic attempts. Next day was south and then west for to Planet Baobab near the small town of Gweta,
