Posts From Namibia

So about Sylvester (Zambezi Queen, Namibia)

Journal entry for Friday 19th Sep, 2014 (day 431, miles 6,764)

Sylvester is a very famous Cheetah, he even has his own Facebook Page. The non profit organization associated with Elephant Camp acquired Sylvester from the Zimbabwe Nation Park Service via a tender process. They won that tender because their proposal was to have Sylvester join an education program that already included the camp elephant families. The good news for us was that, as guests of the camp, we got to spend some time with him.

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Decompressing (Kasane, Namibia)

Journal entry for Sunday 21st Sep, 2014 (day 433, miles 6,764)

We four had always planned that our time on the Zambezi Queen would be a time to relax and catch up on sleep after the rigors of our various safaris and so it turned out. Three nights and two and a bit days of sun, water and nothing to do except relax, sleep and casually watch the many animals on the banks and in the waters of the Chobi River. Of course there was one challenge facing us in these days, the challenge of not drinking and eating too much. We probably all scored a B on that subject.

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