Forget Internet Access - Will We Even Have Phone Service?

Now I know we won't have internet access for several days. If we do, I'll be floored.

I suspect we won't even have phone service for several days. Talk about being out of touch with the outside world? Caren is having "CNN withdrawal pains". We haven't even seen a newspaper since we left South Africa.

We're heading to Botswana - the first stage by land to cross the border with Zambia, then by ferry to cross the Zambezi River just below its merger with the Chobe River, then by light plane (and I mean light) to one of the Orient-Express safari camps - Savute Elephant Camp. We're headed to the elephant capital of the world - Chobe National Park in Botswana. This should be great fun.

Then we go to a totally different type of safari camp, not far away and also in Botswana - Eagle Island. It is located in the Okavango Delta, which is fed by rivers from the Angolan Highlands that eventually flow into the Kalahari Desert. This is prime viewing country for hippos and birds.

I just hope we have enough memory cards for our digital cameras. This is no time to have to get stingy on taking photos.

Then again, do I really want to have to edit thousands of digital pictures to pick out "THE BEST" shots? Tough decision.