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 | Mokalodi
2005-11-09, Gaborone, Botswana. By: jefferson5 | | On this day I, along with some friends, went to the local game park to eat lunch and see some animals while we were at it. We started the day at 10:00 and started the 15 click drive to the park called... |
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 | Transferred...
2006-01-29, Gaborone, Botswana. By: meaghan | | I have moved my Pemba Island journal entries to another website:
[url]http://megsinpemba.diaryland.com[/url]
Its locked so please feel free email me or drop a message on my guestbook to get the... |
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 | Leaving Botswana
2005-10-07, Kasane, Botswana. By: rmalone | | We really enjoyed Chobe Safari Lodge campground and all the people we met that work in the lodge and at Chobe Marina Lodge. The access to wildlife was very nice and the boat cruises to see the wildli... |
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 | Monkeys 2, Campers 0
2005-09-30, Kasane, Botswana. By: rmalone | | We continue to be a little too slow to keep the vervet monkeys from occasionally stealing our food, but they are fascinating to watch. Several have a front hand/paw missing...... How it happened,we ca... |
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| David & Kathy
2005-09-23, Botswana, Botswana. By: dmadrigal | | We've ended two weeks of safaris in Botswana and Zimbabwe. Getting between camps was in 6 and 8 seater planes landing on dirt strips after the elephants and baboons were chased off the runways. Every ... |
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 | Chasing Mongoose
2005-05-28, Kasane, Botswana. By: carnivore | | Ive been in Kasane now for a week and staying at Kabelo’s house. He’s a friend of a friend thru Mokolodi and he is letting me pitch my tent in his yard. It’s a dirt lot with an assortment of chicken... |
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 | Last Walk thru the Grab & Stab
2005-05-20, Mokolodi Hill, Botswana. By: carnivore | | My shelf life at Mokolodi has now expired. These last two weeks have been spent quietly saying my “goodbyes” to friends and especially to the animals in my care. Duma & Letotse, my beloved cheetahs,... |
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 | Murder Virgin
2005-05-09, Mokolodi Hill, Botswana. By: carnivore | | Until today, I was a murder virgin. Actually, that’s not entirely accurate. I’ve been killing chickens with some regularity to feed our cheetahs. But I’ve been deftly avoiding this day for a long t... |
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 | The Creamy Alabaster Master
2005-04-25, Mokolodi Hill, Botswana. By: carnivore | | Due to some serious financial mismanagement, Mokolodi Game Reserve has decided to sell off some of our game for a quick infusion of cash. Of course, the reason proffered to the staff for this drastic... |
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| Riding Shotgun
2005-04-12, Okavango Delta, Botswana. By: carnivore | | We made our way to the airstrip for our flight back to Maun. While waiting for our pilot to pick us up, I met an old geezer who was pacing anxiously. There was a large chunk of flesh missing from hi... |
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 | Lion Porn
2005-04-11, Okavango Delta, Botswana. By: carnivore | | Another 5:30am wakeup call. Not a phone call. A guy came to the tent and gave us a shout. The african alarmclock. Today, we went on a walking safari. But the poison in my bloodstream was getting ... |
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 | High on African Magic Dust
2005-04-10, Okavango Delta, Botswana. By: carnivore | | Woken up by chortling hippos just outside the tent. 5:30am and just in time to catch the sunrise. As I climbed out of bed, I was reminded of my introduction to that cheeky insect. I couldn’t put an... |
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| 40th Trip Around the Sun
2005-04-09, Okavango Delta, Botswana. By: carnivore | | This morning I took the ‘ol jalopy in for my 40,000 mile tune-up. It's in fine condition, not much maintenance needed. The body is fine, the engine could use a little cardio-vascular conditioning, t... |
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| Flashlights & Butcher Knives
2005-04-08, Maun, Botswana. By: carnivore | | Headed back to the Okavango Delta for a special weekend. But this time, instead of the slack & slog, I’m going on the primp & pamper tour, in luxury. Flew from Gaborone (capital of Botswana in the S... |
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| Where the Wild Things Are
2005-04-07, Mokolodi Hill, Botswana. By: carnivore | | Over a cup of heavily sugared instant coffee this morning, I got to thinking about where the wild things are here in Africa, when the famous children’s book author, Maurice Sendak, popped into my head... |
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 | Bootleggin' Baboons
2005-04-03, Mokolodi Hill, Botswana. By: carnivore | | I’ve been dreading this day for a long time. No matter how much you prepare for it because you know its coming, its still tough. Regardless of your efforts to stay emotionally uninvolved, some speci... |
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 | Kalahari Krishna
2005-03-25, Kalahari Desert, Botswana. By: carnivore | | After getting the alternator fixed, we left Maun and headed back to Gaborone, a 10 hour drive. We drove strait, stopping only once in the Kalahari Desert. The Kalahari is a high ranking member of th... |
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| Strait to the Boozer
2005-03-24, Maun, Botswana. By: carnivore | | Another long hot day of waiting. We were anxiously looking for any sign of a plane that might be carrying our precious battery. Nothing. Not even a bird. The worst part of this ordeal was knowing ... |
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 | Gameless & Meatless
2005-03-22, Chobe National Park, Botswana. By: carnivore | | We were gameless today. Without a vehicle, we couldn’t go see any animals. We were prisoners of our own campsite. Just frittered away the day reading books on mammal identification, learning more t... |
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