Chobe Park, Botswana

  Chobe was a great experience.  To get there, we were driven 45 minutes to the border and checked at immigration upon leaving Zambia.   Then we went to the river bank which was  a jumble of trucks  waiting for a  ferry which had room for 1 truck and 1 car.   We boarded a small boat and crossed the river.  A vehicle waited for us there and took us to Botswana immigration. After having our passports checked we walked through a disinfectant to prevent us from bringing foot and mouth disease into the country. (Note: this is different from Foot IN Mouth disease.)
  We drove another half hour and then boarded a small boat.  Our guide was named Moses and he was our guide for the water safari.  We again had to stop at a closet on the dock which was the office for the park  entrance by water.   We saw lots of Hippos, elephants, birds, and even a crocodile.  In spite of sun screen and a hat, I managed  to get a sun burn.
   Then a great lunch which included wildebeest steak, which was quite like beef and tasty.
A Safari in a land cruiser was the next part of our day.  We saw many Maribou storks, egyptian geese, baboons, and again lots of elephants in breeding herds with many very young animals.
   Finally back to the border to saw goodbye to Botswana, across the river and hello to Zambia  and into the bus that took us back to our hotels.  We arrived back at the Maramba lodge and were really exhausted. Dinner and to bed.
  I had wanted to attend the SA corps in Livingstone but the exhaustion was still present in the morning. Sorry folks in Livingstone that I did not meet you.  We spent a quiet day downloading our photos and reliving and laughing about the previous day.
  Finally to the airport and our flight back to Lusaka.
Still tired but happy.