Day Six. T-shirts and Lions Hunting

We woke up at 5:30 a.m, when the stars and moon were still out. It was eery and beautiful to be up this early with the large trees in the background creating a picture perfect moment. After eating breakfast Theunis let me climb on top of the truck so I could get a better view of the campsite we were staying in. When I say truck I really mean bus (Theunis usually got offended if we called it a bus but it really was), so after finding a way to maneuver my steps I was standing on the roof of our bus in no time only to gasp at the glorious view in front of me. The sun was just rising painting the whole sky yellow, with birds flocking to a new destinations and the wind causing the trees to sway slightly.

After boarding the van we had a short drive to Kasane which was very close to Victoria Falls. We ate lunch at our new campsite and then a man who owned a t-shirt company came to talk to us about designing a t-shirt for our trip. It took so long for everyone to agree on a design but finally we did, although I won't be wearing a shirt that says Africa in Africa..can anyone say tourist? haha. We drove to town to exchange our Pulah for American dollars because Zimbabwe doesn't have their own currency anymore they use American Dollars.

After going to town we all boarded a boat for our sunset boat cruise/game drive. The cruise was on the Chobe River in the Chobe Naitonal Park. The river is located between Botswana and Namibia and it was amazing to see the Namibian flag waving in the river signaling that we were on the boarder of two countries.

It was a big riverboat with all of us sitting on chairs in the boat, watching a heard of elephants bathe themselves on the water, or a majestic eagle sit a top a tree. One of the luckiest things that we were able to see was a heard of unknowing antelope walking towards a pack of female lions who were hiding under a tree. The lions came out and chased after the antelope and although we did not witness a kill it was pretty close and pretty amazing. The sunset on this boat cruise was amazing with the sky painted red and birds flocking across the sun with hippos fighting in the background. It was spectacular and to top off the evening once we arrived back at camp Moyo had his famous beef stew awaiting us with mash potatoes, my mouth waters at the thought of it right now. After laying under the stars before getting eaten alive by mosquitos I headed back into my tent for an early night of sleep, only to be awakened by Moyo shaking my tent and letting me know it was raining and I should put a rain cover over my tent. Oh Moyo, always looking out for us. It was another sleepless night as I listened to hyenas laughing in the background and other strange noises coming from unknown animals.