Don't go chasing Waterfalls

Our plane leaving Londolozi was much better than the one we took to get there so the Dramamine Kristy and Sue took (right before the flight), actually knocked them out for the next flight from Johannesburg to Livingstone, Zambia.

We walked to the falls (as you can imagine Randy was roaring to go after three days of sitting/eating/sitting/eating). The falls were nice, but this is a low time for them and the better view is from Zimbabwe. In our personal opinion, they are not as beautiful as Iquazu Falls (BR/AR).

Sue and Kristy haggled with some merchants to buy a few handicrafts then we played euker and Fill or Bust while drinking a fabulous bottle of Cab Sav from Argentina (Carmelo Patti). Dinner was great and included amuse boche (a new word for Randy), and lemon sorbet palete cleanser. The entrees arrived with silver domes and when Kristy's was lifted it revealed 3 pieces of tomato and a basil leaf. Everyone's face was priceless as the smirking waiter arrived with the rest of the tomato basil soup.

The following day was mainly spent on the back porch shooing away the monkeys and playing card games while it rained. The monkeys were quite entertaining as they had babies with them and were very persistant. Nate and Randy ran and Kristy (she left at one point b/c the "guards" were unable to keep the Monkeys at bay and two sneaky ones swept in and stole someone's breakfast) and Sue sat by the pool during the morning. Dinner was planned earlier tonight so we could have after-dinner drinks and sit around the porch and play checkers or backgamon. What pretty problems??

The next day we were off to Chobe Chilwero National Park in Botswana and were able to see where four countries (Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia) meet. We arrived to "Make your own Pizzas" and rooms with an outdoor showers.

We took three safari rides at Chobe and some of the highlights including:

• Watching a few herds of elephants bathing and drinking in the river
• Witnessing a false charge by a young male elephant
• Passing a small pride of lions
• Calling out the animals before the guides (Even if they were incorrect, Randy)
• Seeing the Hippos from the water
  

The only major problem we ran into on the entire African trip was crossing back into Zambia we had to pay $100 dollars per person b/c we were not staying in Zambia. Luckily we all pulled our money to make the quota and thus be allowed to travel to the airport to make our flight!

It was hard saying goodbye to Randy/Dad and Sue/Mom but knowing we would see them in 8 weeks made everyone smile.