jenny's sparkle tog: July 2010

first off is the rest of malawi. i ended up going south and hiking around on mt mulanje. tried to make the peak but the second day it was super foggy and rainy so it wasnt possible to make it so just ended up getting wet because its africa you dont need to bring your rain gear.... ohhh lessons learned i should already know. luckily there were cabins we stayed at that had fire places so it was possible to dry up (we being a german fellow i met in the town below).

cabin the first night

scenery on the mtn

some more of the mtn

then i was off to zambia and went to victoria falls and lusaka. didnt see much of zambia but had a great time.

victoria falls

more vic falls

then going a bit further south i made my way to botswana and took a morokoro canoe trip on the okavango delta. that was great fun. camped on an island and couldnt sleep the first night because of the noisy noisy hippo outside my tent. went on bush walks and saw lots of elephants, some wildabeasts, zebras and a giraffe. that was fun.

very close up elephants

dugout canoe time

more dugout canoe

now i find myself in namibia for a few weeks before i return to botswana for a couple more. its not easy to get around here in namibia or botswana. not much in the way of local transport but im finding my way. there are lots of things id like to do but hard to find rides to get there. so far ive been to windhoek then to the sleepy town of luderitz, which may be one of my favorite towns thus far, and now im in swakopmund on the first speedy internet ive been on in africa.