Okavango Delta, RIGHT HERE WITH Kayakoy (continued, part 3) On the afternoon with a group of local residents, we went into the bush. They built there some semblance of the old camp. A large group of people dressed in traditional clothes, and we, along with a guide who spoke excellent in English, went on an excursion. The girls meet us all in a row, and in the end we met a local witch doctor. His job was to tell stories, he knew how to do it very well. The Doctor knew a lot and liked to share their knowledge. He did it with humor. He was an excellent mimic, very expressive. At times, our guide, who translated all that he said he did not need to utter a word. Bushmen to hunt banned in the past 10 years. Apparently, this prohibition as they explain, but it seems that the natives did not care. We have demonstrated how they hunted, if they are allowed to how you can find water, and why to use these or other plants, even a method for treating a sting Black Mamba (one of the most dangerous venomous snakes in Africa, ca. Perevi.). Bushmen were willing to answer any of our question about how they live, how we lived before, and that affects their lives now. Oryx idea of ??"living museum" is not all relished, and perhaps it will not last long. But while it is clear that the local can really make good money, telling visitors about their life, culture and traditions. Son of the sorcerer to acquire the necessary knowledge in order to follow in his footsteps, but for him is more important to go to school and get a good education. And, of course, there was also a souvenir shop. But she was different from her kind. Each product had its name the tab, on which was written the name of who made it, and the price. Cashier and bookkeeper in the store, well spoken in English. When purchasing each product name and price accurately recorded in a special book. Entries in this book pays special attention, and for two employees bench watching people from the village. Often, buyers have the opportunity after the acquisition of a souvenir to shake hands with someone who made it. However, it should be said that the souvenirs here are much more expensive than other similar stores. We have long lacked communication with people. Ever since the days of our trip to Malawi, or even in Kenya, we camped in places equipped for tourists, but they rarely meet the locals, except for staff. From time to time we were accompanied by guides, but I missed walking on the markets and direct communication with the natives, which in North Africa we have had in abundance. The price of progress, I think, because you can not explain it. Zebras From Bushmen, we went to Etosha National Park. Once upon a time, this park covers a much larger area, but even now, with an area of ??80,000 hectares. The park has two camps, both quite modern. They are perfectly equipped and designed to make surveillance of wild animals as comfortable as possible and luxurious. On the territory of both camps have lighted ponds, which came to animals, if another water district would not be. But other sources of water in the district is, therefore, this body of water, we saw only a few dragons, which already had quite a few around the camp. From each camp in Etosha, we traveled by truck to look at the animals, and despite the fact that all around was full of water and grass, we managed to see large herds of impala, springbok, oryx, kann (species of African antelope, ca. Perevi.) Zebras and wildebeests. We also saw a few elephants, including one that was on its last legs, a lioness, which ran in front of the truck on unsteady legs, darted into the grass and fell down there without power. Very sad, but it seemed that she will not last long. She looked quite normal, so maybe it'll be all right. Although I doubt it. Lions in wait at night until we could hear the roar of lions. Most likely due to silence their roar was heard at a great distance, and we were told that they are located five kilometers away from us, although it seemed as if they were next to us. The next morning, the car we saw a big lion who came to drink, and several of his girlfriends were resting in the shade of trees. Janet really wanted to see a lion, and here she was lucky. On this our stay in Etosha Park came to an end. Now we have to cross the Namibia, go to the coast, and then further south to the Orange River. We still have about ten days. Start material:
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