A Day Of Relaxation

There was no need for an early start this morning but I was still up before everyone else making a pot of coffee. Today should have been our visit to Victoria falls but the covid tests were $75 each then there was the border crossing money plus the $30 to get in to the falls so we all decided that was to pricey and now we had a spare day.
We chilled for a few hours in the morning, went to the reception and caught up on our emails and social media and then at 11am we went back to camp for a breakfast of steak, sausage, beans and eggs all cooked on an open fire.
After breakfast we headed out if the lodge and down the main road to visit some of the small market stalls. There were lots with hand carved wood objects and after much deliberation and haggling Ellie and I bought a carved figure of a man holding a shoe in one hand and a bottle of wine in the other, he really looks like he’s down on his luck but he has a beautiful face. I dread to think how we’re going to get him home, he weighs a tonne.
At 2pm Pieter, myself and Hilda went on a game drive again while Ellie and Becky went on a boat safari.
Today we clipped the go pro on the front of the bonnet which was a bonus because we first got charged by a buffalo and then we got charged by an elephant and we also got 2 trumpets from them.
We stayed in the park until sunset and left around 6:45pm it had been an eventful afternoon, hundreds of elephants and impala’s, nothing new today but I definitely wouldn’t take this view for granted.
From the game drive we headed straight for camp, it was now dark and Ellie and Becky were already there waiting for us so we decided to skip the cooking and head back to the Indian restaurant we ate at last night. Once again it was a great meal all the better for being washed down with ice cold beer. We headed back to camp. It was a warm sticky evening with 85% humidity, I had a cold shower but that didn’t really help. We were all going to struggle to sleep tonight.Read more