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4 July, Doppies to Rundu

7/9/2011

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I only realize that it is the 4th of July now that I’m writing this. I
hope all our US friends had a wonderful day!

We go on a game drive and see many deer: bushbuck, red buck,
  koedoes, elephants, warthogs, giraffes, birds and baboons. The cats
keep on evading us. I hope they will see them in the Etosha. Back at the
camp: pack and a last visit with our friends where we exchange addresses
and telephone #’s.

We drive a long stretch on the Golden Highway through the Caprivi strip to the Popa Falls. The lodge where we wanted to stay is fully booked and we go to a community camp. This is a new concept which we really like: the community leaders provide a piece of land which then is developed as a camping site. The money received from tourists goes to the local community and is used for needs and development. 

The camp is on the banks of the river with the roar of the Popa Falls a constant din in the background. I love the little bit of luxury: a thatched outdoor kitchen, 2 wash basins, countertops, warm water. Hugo helps me peel veggies for a potjie. The moment the sun disappears a chilliness appears and we are happy to have a fire to sit around. 

 
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    Caren

    "There is something about safari life that makes you forget all your sorrows and feel as if you had drunk half a bottle of champagne - bubbling over with heartfelt gratitude for being alive. One only feels really free when one can go in whatever direction one pleases over the plains, to get to the river at sundown and pitch one's camp, with the knowledge that one can fall asleep
    beneath other trees, with another view before one, the next night." -
     Karen Blixen - Out of Africa, Kenya
    'Of course as I am reading this, I know that you DO get your visas and the container DOES get released, but oh the internal struggle we face even though we should trust (as Hugo does) that God has His hands on all things and is constantly taking care of us.'


    From a Friend:
    :) Crazy to think that we are ALL made of blood, bone and water yet we speak in so many tongues that getting along together becomes a massive task within itself.

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