Okavango Delta, RIGHT HERE WITH Kayak David and Patricia Coles, Australia The original plan to travel with us this - we travel, while my wife Patricia does not say: "Enough!". Then we return home to Australia, the final decision about where we will live for some time, and where to build a house. Or may be constructed. We travel slowly, at least, try to travel slowly, and try to see everything that we were going to look at, but not everything. So that the "list of places where we wanted to come back is constantly growing. It already has a few positions - walk on the Milford Sound (New Zealand fjord on the southern island, approx. Perevi.) And several routes in New Zealand. In addition, we plan to walk up the hill Kreydl Mountain in Tasmania, and the extraordinary country of Myanmar if Aung San Suu Kyi (politician and leader of the opposition's military junta, approx. Perevi.) Say that everything is in order. Not the last takes place in our plans for Sri Lanka when the dare question the Tamils ??(people claiming to have created an independent state in Sri Lanka, approx. Perevi.). Well, of course, would make sense to visit Pakistan, Afghanistan, when everything is normal, Iran, if we are allowed to enter Israel, when they come to any reasonable agreement with those who were not allowed into the country. Here are just a few possible trips, just for instance. Okavango Delta, there is one more place in our list - kayaking on the Okavango Delta in a few weeks. Probably, this is no activity, but it seems to me that kayaking in such a place would have left an unforgettable impression, if the opportunity presented itself. Part of the Delta, we visited is located in Botswana, a place called Camp Am Woo-Woo. Local dampness us almost overpowering. The last few days it rained and the sky was many clouds, but we still decided to try it, and have not regretted it. On the truck we got to one of the channels at the edge of the delta. The road was completely normal, but almost all of the 120 kilometers it passed through a valley. If there was heavy rain, our movement would be called into question. In one of the places have the ferry where we crossed the river Okavango. This ferry is designed as something interesting. On one side are all beautifully and reinforced concrete, on the other bank of the same ferry is moored to the sandy shore, and the drivers have to move at your own risk. We drove up until the road is not completely disappeared under the water, and then stopped because that is how we thought was the best solution. Soon the camp, in which we went, people came and boarded our mokoro. These are the wooden canoe, which fits two people and one who stands behind and with the help of a pole is repelled from the bottom. In our time such boats often made of fiberglass. The representative of the local fauna Local transported us to the island where the camp. Very nice place, where you can spend a good few days. It established permanent bar, kitchen and some interesting and very large open shower and toilet, the walls are made of cane. There we saw the linen and tents - are better than those to which we have become accustomed - that have been divided into areas cleared of bush. In each tent stood a comfortable bed, and every morning in the tent, someone came and suggests there is order (to everyone's surprise and confusion, because all the clothes were left in a heap and someone folded it into a neat pile). Real luxury! Beauty everywhere! In the Delta a lot of wild animals and birds. We were given very strict instructions about what to do if suddenly the night on the footpath near the camp we met a hippopotamus or elephant. At night we heard that someone is wandering around the camp and even saw traces of the recent visit of elephants along the canals and trees, but never saw them with my own eyes. Not that time of year, alas. The grass has now grown to its maximum height. Residents of the Northern Territory is known and loved gamba (a kind of forage grass, approx. Perevi.). Here, they share a passion for animals. Gamba - in all respects a good thing. In general, animals are very easy to hide in the Gambia, and besides they do not have to go specifically to drink, so we have not seen. I must say, we did a large-scale inspection of the territory. With mokoro and a local resident, who brought him in motion, we have committed approximately hour trip over the channel. We landed on the big island, where we are in for 4-5 hours desperately trying to hunt down at least some animal. We have not found anyone, but plenty on the bushes seen enough and well warmed up. But all this happened only after our tour guide gave us detailed instructions, in case we meet with any animal. Sunset But here I would not have returned to still look at the animals. I would come back to again and better experience the feeling that arises when you visit such a wild and beautiful place. That part of the Delta, where we visited, very small. All the same Delta has a very large area, it consists of one billion channels, which must have excellent slide the kayak. Read more:
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