April 14, 2014.  We were up early again.  Not easy for a night person, but I do it.  :)  Today, we have a 9 hour drive to Chobe National Park.  We will stay in Kasane, Botswana for two nights.  It's pronounced "Kuh saw nay", all of us have been mispronouncing it.  Anyway, Chobe is known for its elephants. 

We spent 7 hours or more on dirt roads, bouncing along in our open air vehicles.  We were supposed to do this in 9 hours but it took us longer because we stopped to see every bird and animal we saw along the way.  The guides told our tour guide that they had never taken a group that wanted to stop as much as ours but we have 3-4 people who are serious photographers, and they take a lot of pictures.  Some of them have already filled up a 16 mb photo card.  It was nice and sunny today.  The first really nice day since Cape Town. 

We got to our "camp" in Kasane late in the day.  We are in "tents" again, mosquito nets and all, but it also is on a permanent base and has a large bathroom.  This one is probably 20 x 30 feet so there is plenty of room.  Even a 19 inch tv if we wanted to use it, which we don't.  This complex has a very large dining area, a swimming pool with a very large patio and bar.  It's very nice.  After dinner tonight, some local tribal dancers came and entertained us.  They were great.  We really enjoyed them. 

When we go there, they greeted us with warm washcloths, which was very nice. We were all shocked at how much grime we washed off on them after being on the dirt roads.  But it felt so good.

Tomorrow, it's off to tour Chobe.