DAY 9: Our daily routine

First I would like to thank all of you who commented on our previous post. Servaas, Almarie, Rayno, Francois and Annie, you guessed right: JI took the lion photo and I took the one of the zebras! So it seems like JI wins this one 5/2! We'll go head to head again soon with two more stunning wildlife photos.

We left Main Camp around 11:00 this morning, but not before going on one last game drive. Although we didn't see much, we did find a small herd of roan antelope - not something you see everyday, at least in the Kruger National Park. During the game drive the Hilux, which JI now calls the Hyena (because its backside always sits below its head), had a special birthday - it reached 200 000 kilometres!

A special moment for our baby!

From Main Camp we headed for Crossroads where we filled up with fuel and then for Hwange town where we stocked up on meat, eggs and drinks. It rained all the way. Our final destination was Mlibizi Zambezi Resort next to Lake Kariba. On the way we found the biggest chameleon we had ever seen in the road!

JI with a monster of a chameleon

We've set up camp next to the lake and tomorrow it's time for tiger fishing, baby!! 

Oops, the rain is starting again...so here's a very quick look at our daily routine up to now:

1) We've got to pack up our camp in the morning, of course;

2) Throughout the day we have to make sure we get all the footage we need - photos and video;

Villiers fastens the GoPro video camera onto the Hilux

3) In the afternoon we often do a diary entry on the larger video camera;

JI doing a diary entry at Ngweshla, Hwange

4) In the afternoon the camp also has to be set up;

Villiers in our new camp next to Lake Kariba

5) In the evenings we have to cook, download photos and videos and then post the latest blog entry. We also check for important e-mails;

JI checks his e-mails at Masuma dam, all thanks to the Sat4Rent satphone

Sorry, I know this was a very brief description of our daily routine, but you get the picture. As you can see, it takes much more than game drives and afternoon naps in our hammocks to get this blog post out every evening...and we love every second of it! Let's hope tomorrow produces something special! Keep you fingers crossed for large tigers...!!

And can I just say: This Sat4Rent satellite phone is amazing!! It's raining now, but we're getting signal with the terminal placed UNDER the car! This really is an incredible piece of equipment!

Highlight of the day:

Villiers: Mlibizi - I love this place!!

JI: My wonderful long telephone conversation with my girlfriend Talita!!!

Lowlight of the day:

Villiers: My hunger pains around 5pm! (nothing a few rusks couldn't sort out)

JI: Seeing the Gwayi River in flood - not good for fishing, people!