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May 16, 2024October 14, 2024 By 2 Smiths

Victoria Falls

Today is our visit to world famous Victoria Falls.  Our guide for the day is “Sunny”, a local chap who’s lived in the area his whole life.  On the way to the park, we stop by what’s called the “Big Tree”, a massive Bilbao, over 1200 years old and one of the largest in the…

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May 15, 2024October 13, 2024 By 2 Smiths

Morning Visitors

Wow – what a way to start the day! After packing up our gear and getting ready for breakfast we realized there was a bunch of elephants surrounding our cabin – at least 20 and quite a few mothers with babies.   We weren’t going anywhere for a while, but it made for great theater!  They…

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May 14, 2024October 12, 2024 By 2 Smiths

Last day in Linkwasha

It’s our last full day at the Linkwasha Lodge and Hwange National Park.   The morning drive took us through an area of mixed woodlands, grasslands and beautiful vistas.    There’s quite a variety of wildlife that lives in these zones including giraffes, wildebeest, zebra, impala & eland.  It’s interesting that many of the species group…

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May 13, 2024October 11, 2024 By Dick

Makalolo Plains

The Linkwasha Safari Lodge where we are staying is in a private wilderness area owned and managed by the ‘Wilderness Group’ with properties in eight different African countries.  The camp is located in Hwange National Park on Zimbabwe’s western border with Botswana.  Hwange is the country’s largest game reserve comprised of some 3.4 million acres…

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Dick’s Golf Blog

  1. Mary on 3/2 and 3/3 – At Sea to South GeorgiaMarch 24, 2023

    Thanks Carol, it truly is the only way we can keep track!

  2. Dick on 3/2 and 3/3 – At Sea to South GeorgiaMarch 24, 2023

    I'm clean! It was Mary!

  3. Carol McCafferty on 3/2 and 3/3 – At Sea to South GeorgiaMarch 24, 2023

    Absolutely fascinated reading your blog, you guys are so adventurous, my heroes. Thank you for all the time you spend…

  4. Kevin Elsken on 3/2 and 3/3 – At Sea to South GeorgiaMarch 23, 2023

    I read where Argentina is stirring the pot at the U.N. in regards to the Falklands. Dick, tell me, did…

  5. Wiley & Sue on San Antonio de ArecoMarch 2, 2023

    Fantastic pictures, thanks so much for sending

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Day Count 33
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