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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jon Turner" data-source="post: 3302717" data-attributes="member: 64932">Pretty early we set out on the looong drive.. By the boat as we loaded up and said our thankyous to Kaiser (the boat operator), were Meyer's Parrot, African Paradise Flycatcher, Red-billed and Grey Hornbills and a huge flock of Lesser Masked Weavers looking for scraps in the garbage area.Not far up the road we reached the very friendly border crossing into Namibia. We walked between the two immigration posts and I added several Bronze Mannikins, Blue Waxbills, Lesser Striped Swallow and Scarlet-chested Sunbird. The first part of our drive in Namibia was on a dirt road through a Wildlife park and we saw several new mammals: Greater Kudu, Roan, Sable, Zebra, and Impala, and a short stop at a Park Gate a Red-headed Weaver. We were soon out onto the real road, and racing across the Caprivi Strip, which seemed to go on for ever! It was very hot and very dry!Added a few Wart Hogs early on the drive, but precious few birds: the first White-backed Vultures, a couple of Namaqua Doves, and then over a river a Bateleur or two! Along with about 60 Impala.Eventually we reached the border to our third country for the day: Zambia. We had lunch here, but no birds to look at, and on we went. The roads deteriorated and we were frequently slowing for large potholes. It did improve and we eventually reached Livingstone, and our hotel by the Zambezi River. The beer was very welcome! As was the pool, surrounded by a troupe of Vervet Monkeys, and a new bird: Yellow-bellied Greenbul.. As we watched the sun go down from the bar (very heavily populated with young adrenalin junkies watching themselves doing the white-water rafting!) a good number of Sacred Ibis flew off to roost, a few Squacco Herons were by the river and a single Glossy Ibis joined a late group of Sacred Ibis.</blockquote>

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