38 hours traveling time & 4 airfields/airports from Northern Botswana to Los Angeles...We got home last night & are staggering but still wearing that ROAR smile. (Our internet connection is majorly messed up here at home so hope this gets through.) While in Botswana, we kept looking over our shoulders for those warm, familiar faces of our fellow ROARer's. You were all missed very much.We went from absolute luxury at Singita (the most perfect place in the world) to a precious raised tent in Linyanti, Botswana. Ngaire gave me a netted hat to wear for sleeping! We were fortunate that there were not many mosquitoes at all. There was a huge thunder & lightning storm over night while sleeping in the tent. We woke up to the sounds of a snorting & honking of a hippo - then heard a huge splash in the stream nearby. Thankfully, the camp manager had put up an electrified fence after dark. (We had learned on this trip how dangerous hippos can be - whew!) Editing to add: We had an incredible cheetah experience here! Got very close to a female & got many good photos.
We hopped from airfield to airfield throughout Botswana in a small 6 seater airplane. Several times, we had a beautiful young Irish woman pilot who we appropriately named, Glenn Close. On the way over the Okavango Delta & on to Maun, we flew low so that we could see animals from the air. That was fantastic! All camps were SO different and very special.
Thanks to a wonderful, gracious & generous couple, Ngaire & Ken, for making this dream trip come true for all of us. It was an absolute pleasure traveling with them. It's been said many times, but again, we are all so fortunate to have them as friends. Don & I miss ALL OF YOU. We are so happy to have shared wonderful weeks together. WHAT AN EXPERIENCE! Here's to all of you! THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES! - Michele & Don
