Checkin' In Volume III (email from Africa)

Hi folks,

Greetings from Windhoek, Namibia (on Fidel Castro street, no less)!
Not too much to report since our last check in, but just got done with
a few days in Etosha National Park - amazing - tons of animals - 30
lions (10 of them ALMOST took down a giraffe), 30 elephants, 15 rhinos,
50 giraffes, hundreds of wildebeest, thousands of zebra, springbok
(deer), and countless jackals scratching at our tents at night - hard
to sleep with that going on and they're howling! Been a bit colder
than expected at night (need a hat and gloves sometimes), but plesant
during the day (no mosquitos so far), especially my solid diet of Coke,
Doritos, and candy bars between meals. Operation six pack is a long
way off.

Anyway, I didn't end up skydiving (weather issues), but we still tore
it up on the sand dunes on some 4 wheeling ATV's - good times. Heading
to a border town in Namibia tonight to see some leopard feeding before
we cross into the Okovango Delta in Botswana tomorrow and camp in the
bush for a few nights (a "poler" has to push us in a canoe for three
hours down a river to our camp site). Don't want to swim in these
waters though - crocs and hippos are around! Anyway, everything's
going great, wish I could share some photos - the animals get so close,
the scenary is beautiful, the people are friendly, the infrastructure
is top notch (might as well be a US national park with teh hot water
showers and power), and the weather's been clear every day. CAn't wait
for what comes next....

Cheers,

Rob