Jacaranda Tree
What's the rush? It's only a toy store.
Sunset on Zambezi River
10/4-10/11 Khorixas, Namibia - Papa Falls, Namibia
Even though we were both not feeling well, our spirits picked up as we headed back to paved roads. We finally made it to Etosha National Park and began to see the variety and quantity of wildlife that we came to Africa to see. The best place to see wildlife was at the waterholes. Each campground had a lighted waterhole so you could watch the wildlife that sleep during the day. We witnessed a showdown between a bull elephant and a rhino at a waterhole. The elephant finally let the rhino have the waterhole. There was also a dead elephant where a pride of lions had been feasting. Herds of zebras and various types of antelopes roamed the park. You could drive through the park during the day, but were not allowed to leave your vehicle. We broke this rule when we had our second flat tire and had to change it while stuck on Rhino Drive. Fortunately the rhinos, lions, elephants, jackals and hyenas were busy elsewhere. After we left the park we went to see the Hoba meteorite, the largest and heaviest (over 60 tons) in the world.
We experienced a wide variety when it came to quality of campgrounds. At a few campgrounds each site had its own shower and toilet facility. Not all our campgrounds were gems however, the other extreme was Papa Falls, where the trick was to try and camp as far from the overflowing sewer as possible. The next day the sewer line was dug up and cleaned out. All of this occurred less than 10 feet from our van. We went to the restaurant at the campground with a group of 10 and after waiting two hours for food, we decided we were not getting dinner so we left.
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