Sorry, we have been having problems with our solar panels and power supply. We now seem to be back on track… By 2pm on Day 7 we had managed to find a suitably located island off Chief’s near the channel from which to operate a more detailed assessment of the thousands of wetland birds that [...]
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Okavango Odyssey Day 5: Burning Tree Island all the way to Madinari Island
Today we were taken by Mombo and Judge to Madinari (“Mother of the Buffalo”) Island off the northern peninsula of Chief’s Island. The journey was very tough because of a portage over an island to get to and across the Jao Channel before reaching the island. We had cut feet, lots and lots of leeches, [...]
Okavango Odyssey Day 3: Ellie Island to island in the Jedibe area
Day 3 left us with sun stroke, a new guide and an awesome musical interlude before dinner… We departed from Ellie Island at about 9am and managed to cover the 8km to Jedibe in about 1.5 hrs. At Jedibe we went into the village to gather together the local townsfolk to find someone able to [...]
Okavango Odyssey Day 2: Two-Shoe Island to Ellie Island (8km N of Jedibe)
Day 2 was a long hot trudge through a narrow maze of papyrus rafts, small lagoons and dense reed beds. We departed from what we named “Two Shoe Island” (we found two abandoned shoes from local fisherman on the island) at about 9am. We had to wait for the hippos that were very active the [...]
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Sunburn: Casablanca to Joburg!
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Hope for the Future: a scary split-up and the completion of stage one
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Stuck in the Okavango Delta in a mini-skirt
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Mountain gorilla habitat under siege in DR Congo
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Hope for the Future: dramatic scenery and ‘the day with the sunrise’
