Chobe Safari Lodge

Today was my first day on the Wild Lifestyles safari. I took a transfer with Bushtracks from Fawlty Towers in Livingstone, Zambia, to the Chobe Safari Lodge in Botswana. Since I was by myself, I had to hook up with a day tripper to get the transfer. Of course, there were a bunch of laggers...so when I got to Chobe, I had already missed my morning game drive. I was extremely happy to meet up with Nicci and Cody, though. I got some lunch (with yummy Amarula ice cream) and headed out on the afternoon game drive - my first game drive ever!!



We were in an open air vehicle (no doors to block the animals out) and had the fresh air blowing through our hair. We saw tons of animals, even someof the Big 5. Tons of elephants, zebra, buffalo, hippos, giraffe, crocodiles, kudu, and impala. The impala is kind of funny because they have black markings on their butts that look like "M" for McDonalds. Oh yeah, I even got to see a leopard! Pretty cool.




Later we went on a dinner cruise up and down the Chobe River. Nicci, Cody, and I had the entire boat all to ourselves. After eating, we went up to the top of the boat and looked at all the stars. The sky looks totally different here in Africa.



Tomorrow I'm heading off to the Okavango Delta after a morning game drive. Maybe I'll get to see a lion?? I still need to figure out what I'm going to do on the 13th of June. It doesn't look like I'll be able to get to George on the 13th, so I'm most likely going to have to stay in Jo-burg that night. Why does Jo-burg keep making me stay?? I'm goign to have to fly down to George the next morning and then meet the other girls in Oudtshoorn. Sucks because it will give me only like an hour or two before having to drive to Cape Town for our first WC game. I better get to ride an ostrich!!!