Happy 52nd Wedding Anniversary to Gus & Jill (my in-laws) – Well Done!!!
The Easter bunny came this morning; we woke to a beautiful day in a beautiful garden – perfect for an egg hunt, much to Robyn’s delight (do kids ever grow up???). The other kids phoned yesterday to wish us a Happy Easter; Kirst asked if she could go and buy herself some eggs and a burger and Gareth asked if he could buy a case of beer and hide it around his digs for himself and his mates to find (you are your father’s child).
We had an easy hour’s drive along the Kavango River – not bothering to book ahead as we knew there were lots of camp sites along the River. What we hadn’t bargained on was that more than half of them are now in the river. We were lucky, too eventually; find a stunning camp site at Nunda.
Nunda is also a lodge (no luck on booking in Al, Gray is in full camp mode) but the campers can use the facilities. In the sweltering heat, a swim in their pool was very welcome.
The highlight for today was a sunset cruise on a small barge type craft up to Popa Falls. These are the highest falls in the Caprivi area of the Kavanga River. Although they cover the width of the river they are in effect rapids, which most of our friends who paddle would negotiate with relative ease (Tony you would love paddling down this river). We saw crocs, a monitor lizard, huge pods of hippo and many birds. The sunset was stunning and I really punished my new camera for the 90 minutes we were on the water.
I woke in the middle of the night to the sounds of the hippos, it was so much better than the noise of sirens from William Nicol. Then I remembered that we were nice and cosy in our rooftop (me with my double mattress) but Robs was in a tent, 10m from the river edge, not only with hippos around but also “Beware of Crocs” signs. I rolled over and went back to sleep – this is the African bush.
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