Okavango Delta and beyond

I've been "off the grid" for a few days with poor internet connection. We went to Guma Lagoon in the Okavango Delta and camped a night, then we packed all of our camping equipment into a speedboat and went out into the delta until the channels became too small to navigate, then transferred everything into local dugout canoes called Mokoros. We went a further 1.5 hours into the delta by Mokoro following tiny waterways through the Papyrus that are kept open by Hippos in their nightly travels (fortunately, they seem to prefer deeper water in the daytime). We setup camp on a small island in the middle of the panhandle and spent the night there. In the afternoon, we did another Mokoro cruise and observed a family of 6 Hippos just about as close as I care to get in a bite size canoe. The following day, we reversed course and went back out to Guma Lagoon camp, first by Mokoro and then by speedboat. Unfortunately, no RED shooting on this trip into the delta, the canoes are way too tippy to trust with the RED. The good news is that I did shoot some GoPro footage and did a Q&D edit last night. As soon as I have some 3G access, I will upload it.

We left Guma Lagoon yesterday morning, crossed over into Namibia and spent one night at Ngepi on the banks of the Kavango River. This morning we did a long drive to Etosha National Park with a brief stop in Grootfontein to change some money and buy a SIM card. I'm now on my eighth African SIM.

Tonight I will try to do some shooting at one of the lighted water holes. This will be a test. Tomorrow night we are supposed to be at a much more productive lighted waterhole.

Last night, I upgraded to a "Treehouse" at Ngepi: