Another relaxed start to the day, with a 7 am breakfast at Organic Stay Guesthouse: It’s a continental breakfast with a few hot options, which works well for us –…
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Sorry for the delay in posting – we are on our second hotel in a row with terrible internet. More to follow within the next day or two! (Hopefully.)
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Antarctica to Zimbabwe – Day 72 – Sossusvlei to Swakopmund
Six on the clock, twice in three days. We’re getting spoiled by these later mornings. It was cold last night at Dead Valley Lodge in Sossusvlei – we didn’t put…
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Antarctica to Zimbabwe – Day 71 – Sossusvlei, Namibia
5 am comes earlier than any of us hoped. But this should be our last extra-early morning for a while, so we do our best to power through. There has…
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Antarctica to Zimbabwe – Day 70 – Namibia
I never thought I’d say it feels good to see a 6 on the clock when I wake up, but here we are. We crashed hard after landing in Windhoek…
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Antarctica to Zimbabwe – Day 69 – Sabi Sands / Namibia
Please be aware that today’s post contains pictures of dead and dismembered animals. Facing down yet another long, hellish travel day, we had a difficult choice to make. We could…
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Antarctica to Zimbabwe – Day 68 – Sabi Sands
Today is our last full day of game drives. Where has the time gone? Though we certainly can’t complain that we haven’t seen or done enough – it feels like…
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Antarctica to Zimbabwe – Day 67 – Sabi Sands
(Please be aware that today’s post contains images of dead and dismembered animals.) It’s 6 am – hop up into the vehicle, it’s time for another game drive at Dulini…
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Antarctica to Zimbabwe – Day 66 – Sabi Sands
It’s another beautiful day at Dulini – let’s get underway, shall we? We’d heard lions calling at breakfast. Scott asked us to indicate the direction, and I did the best…
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Antarctica to Zimbabwe – Day 65 – Sabi Sands
Another early start, but the views are well worth it: We’re continuing our hunt for the rhino, but we’ll see if anything interesting comes up in the meantime. There’s so…
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