Viv's Travel Diary: Even More Photos

This is Viv's brother posting again. Girls and technology just don't mix. ;-) ;-) ;-) Oi! It's not my fault the computers are wonky... :-)

A bill from Wimpy in Zimbabwe, where $1 US was worth $200,000 Zim.

Me holding $20 US worth of Zim $.

In Antelope Park, Gweru, where elephants really did just stroll past your tent in the morning - SUCH a cool sight to wake up to!

Hannah and I soaking wet after having gone for a swim with an elephant which spent as much time ducking underwater as we spent trying to stay above it!

Again at Antelope Park (where, strangely enough, there wasn't an antelope to be found...) with a 14 month old lion cub, who was soon going to progress to take part in the lion walk (see below).

My group with one of the 16 month old cubs we had the privilege of walking with. At Antelope Park the lions are helped to gradually build up skills (including hunting some of the many animals in the park) so that they can be released back into the wild.

Since our first dressing up night went so well we decided to have another one when the Vic Falls booze cruise came along, and this time the theme was bin-bag black tie (as you can obviously guess from the photo!). A good night was had by all (well, as much as we can remember of it, anyway... ;-)

We took a trip out to the beautiful Okavango Delta in Namibia and this was our means of transport - a Makoro, made out of sausage tree (I know, I didn't believe them either at first but apparently that is correct!), which was poled through the water rather expertly by many men and women.

Sunset in the Delta.

Giraffes in Etosha National Park, Namibia.

Namibia is famous for it's sand dunes and the sport of sandboarding has been developed on the back of that. Ordinary snowboards are used but the base is covered in formica surface to reduce friction with the sand. This is the guys walking up the 100m dune for the first time (and also the last time for some of them!).