I am on a mad dash to finish this TR. I'm literally in the airport now waiting for our flight to Hong Kong!
The first “new” animal we saw was a mongoose.
One of those was a mongoose, so he was very excited.
the Dr. Livingstone, I Presume.
What a trip! Thanks for all the amazing photos. Now, we all want to go on this adventure and will want the details for your post-days.
How long were you gone all together?
Wow!! That is really amazing! All those animals, right there, all together in the same place. Botswana looks fantastic!
You finished this report while *at* the airport?? *That's* devotion!
Waiting for you China report....
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What amazing photos and a fabulous trip report! We were thinking of skipping Botswana due to limited vacations days, but your photos have convinced me otherwise. The delta just looks incredible. Those elephants! It is so different from Kapama.
Thank you for taking the time to write this amazing trip report. South Africa here we come (in 2019)! Enjoy China!
Great report! Have a wonderful time in China...
Yay, you did it! It's an awesome trip report. ABD should hire you Have a great time on your China redux. Can't wait to hear about the comparison between your two trips.
Wow. Posting from the airport is really going above and beyond. I'm going to feel like a slug when it takes me 6 months to post my own trip report next summer.
I'm very jealous of the Botswana portion of your post-trip. I've wanted to go to Botswana since reading the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency books in college. Sadly, I don't think we'll have a big enough budget for a post-trip (unless my husband's novels get published, which I keep hoping for). I'm glad your son got to see a 5 star animal. It seems like you had cooperative wildlife throughout the trip.
I'm curious about Kapama. Some of the reviews I've read were critical of the fact that it is not connected to Kruger. But I've read elsewhere that the fences between the reserve and the park were coming down to create a contiguous open area for animals. Did you see fences at all? Did you feel like you were missing out on anything by being at a private reserve vs. Kruger?
Thank you again for doing such an amazing detailed review.
I'm with Gavin, would have been thrilled to see Rikki Tikki Tavi!
One of my intern classmates was Dr Livingston and she heard this quote Every Single Day. No surprise that she changed her name (unlike most of us) when she married
LOL. Too funny. She didn't marry a Stanley did she
I'm not sure how I'll do China. I'd like to report back, but I doubt I'll do it while on the trip. It may be something I do more as a summary or comparison on the regular China ABD. Sitting in Taipei waiting for my short hop to HK. Stay tuned to FB!
I'm hoping like many here that Japan will be offered by ABD. While I'd love to go, I don't know if I have the energy to shuffle our kids and luggage around on our own there.
We are doing Japan with Thomson Family Adventures in June. Looks like a pretty good itinerary, although light on Tokyo so we will go early to do some stuff on our own in Tokyo. Plus we plan on spending a couple of days in the Fujikawara area to climb Mt. Fuji and see the sunrise. I'll post about the Thomson offering when we get back.