Sorry had to go and walk the dog! We are house and dog sitting at the moment. The property is right on the edge of the Zambezi River in Zambia and the dog is a little dashound called Pickle - quite a delight and very comical!

So we arrived at the office and met our guide, who happened to be the grandson of the last bushman chief in the region. He was very knowledgable and quite amusing at times. We decided to do the Rhino Trail which should take about 2 hours. It involved walking along the front of the Female Hill and then across the middle and up and over to the other side.

We saw heaps of bushman paintings which were to be honest quite stunning. The walk was great and all sorts of tracks were pointed out along the way. We also saw caves that used to be lived in at some stage. The bushman paintings we saw were mostly in red, but a few were in white as well. We also saw Van Der Posts panel which is quite awesome.

The walk through the middle saw loads of guinea fowl and tracks from all sorts of mammals. Going down the other side was a spectacular view out across the plains, as far as the eye could see - beautiful.

We also saw one of the waterholes, and on the way down to the waterhole we saw tracks permanently in the rocks of eland and pthyon (apparently God wanted the people to know the way to the waterhole so he made some of the rocks soft so you could follow the tracks)!

Anyway we had a great walk, quite tricky in places as some of the rocks are very slippery. We got back and then looked through the museum and also all the information plaques - it is all done extremely well and about time that they actually charged people to see this amazing spot. We only had to pay 50 Pula for the guide. We made a donation to the upkeep of the museum and hopefully one day soon someone will make sure that more revenue comes into the area - via entrance fees and camping fees from tourists.

We got back to camp and had lunch and then Martin went to collect fire wood - which involved dragging almost a whole dead tree back to camp! He also secured the tent down really well so that we don't have the problem of a sleepless night again!

After dinner I heard some noises and saw a porcpine not far from camp - very cool to see, but very timid as the people eat them around there. Wind not so bad tonight so had quite a good sleep.

We left early the next morning and made our way back to the main road to Mohembo, Namibia. Had a very good crossing through the border, very hassle free which was great as our insurance had run out for Botswana about a week ago - the guy didn't even want to check - YIPEE!!

Drove through the National Park and saw kudu, zebra and steenbok - lots of evidence of ellies, but we didn't see any today.

We were making our way towards Katima Mulilo where we thought that we could cross into Zambia on a ferry with less hassle than at Kazangula - quite funny really as we fouond out today that there is a bridge at Sesheke which has been there for about 5 years - much easier than a ferry (I didn't even know there was a bridge)! We had lunch along the Caprivi Strip with stunning views over the river and back into Botswana.

We got to Kongola around 3.30pm and pulled into BUM HILL Campsite - great!! It is a community run campsite and very nice indeed. We had the Exclusive Campsite which has your own toilet and shower along with a viewing tower and basin and also kitchen sink to do dishes.

We had hippos serenading us all night which was quite cool. We didn't pull into the Susuwe Station before getting into camp so will have to call in tomorrow morning as we are in a National Park and need to pay fees.

Speak soon xxx