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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kittykat23uk" data-source="post: 1339503" data-attributes="member: 55291">12th November – Kwai to XaxanakaWe packed up camp again and headed for our final two nights camping at Xaxanaka. The route was quite arduous, hampered by a lot of standing water and rain. In fact our guide misjudged a puddle and got the truck/trailer well and truly stuck. Everyone had to get out removing shoes and socks and paddling through the puddle to drier land. Then all the lads got behind the trailer with our guide in the driving seat in an attempt to get us out of our predicament. Where was I you may ask? I filmed the whole thing!  :-O<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8773601@N03/3043630061/in/set-72157609198993732/" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/8773601@N03/3043630061/in/set-72157609198993732/</a>The cab was flooded but after a lot of toing and froing they managed to roll the truck out of the pothole and we were back on course. That said, Xaxanaka offered much more productive wildlife viewing and, on our afternoon game drive we added southern ground hornbill, Meyer’s parrot, Rosy throated longclaw, Osprey, red-billed firefinch, grey hooded and woodland kingfishers, Arnot’s chat, Jacobin cuckoo and green wood hoopoe to our list.</blockquote>