Our journey to the Maldives started on Wednesday evening with a flight to Miami, FL from Austin, TX. We did this primarily so that Kurt could work remotely from there on Thursday since we’ve maxed out his vacation days for the year, but also so that we could get ahead…
Africa & Indian Ocean
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Up close and personal
Time to make use of our KAZA visa! In the morning, we navigated the border crossing from Zimbabwe to Zambia, just over the Victoria Falls Bridge above Rapid 2-3 on the Zambezi River. The bridge is a popular spot for bungee jumping. But, we were headed for a different kind…
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Full Circle
The agenda for the day on the river was fairly simple. Pack up camp, reload the gear boat, and paddle for about 45 minutes through our last stretch of calm water (Class III) to the take-out. But, first, we had to get past Lower Moemba. Lower MoembaA spectacular waterfall! If…
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Zim->Zam->Zim via the Zambezi
No hiking necessary today! After (optional) yoga and (not optional) breakfast, we packed up camp and headed downriver from our campsite. Everything from camp was packed onto a gear boat. The raft was loaded down, and it was a feat to ensure that it stayed upright through the rapids today….
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Zambezi II: The Wrath of Nyami Nyami
My Nyami Nyami pendant necklace came untied yesterday. When I took off my life jacket at lunch, I noticed that it wasn’t around my neck anymore. I thought it was gone. But, thankfully, I found it in the lower part of my shirt around my torso. Not wanting to lose…
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🎶 The Time has Come 🎶
It was finally time to load up the rafts and head into the famous whitewater of the Zambezi River! We were transported in the morning from the Old Drift Lodge back to The Lookout Cafe where we had our safety briefing from Stewart, our local rafting trip leader. I would…
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Anniversary #14 on the Zambezi
Another day on the divorce barge – this time, on our anniversary no less! We departed directly from camp this morning, after slight delays due to hippo activity in the water near camp. Damn Billy. When we approached any rapids of significance, the guides got out to scout the line…
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The Divorce Barge on the Upper Zambezi
After breakfast on Monday morning, we all hopped into “the beast” for a hour+ drive through the Zambezi NP to our put in location on the river for the kayaks. We saw zebra along the way, and we quickly realized that long game drives on bumpy roads may not be…
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Border shuffle back to Zimbabwe
The animals greeted us for one last sunrise safari on the Chobe River. No two mornings are the same in the wild! We noticed scratches on the body of a large hippo, and Felix indicated that this was likely from the propeller from a boat. On our return journey to…
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From sunrise to sunset on the Chobe
A sunrise safari requires an early start to the day. While some of our group opted for sleep (a couple of people were experiencing extremely vivid dreams as a side effect of the particular type of anti-malarial medication that most of us were taking), Kurt and I set the alarm…