http://blogs.bootsnall.com/frednlisa My BootsnAll Travel Blog Sat, 28 Feb 2009 10:48:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en (to see an individual photo, click on the image to enlarge) While staying at Malealea Lodge in Lesotho, the owner arranged for me to have a visit with the village "Sangoma" or witchdoctor. He was supposed to arrive at 7 a.m. (before our anticipated departure time at 8), but I ended ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/frednlisa/my-visit-with-the-sangoma.html Swaziland Swaziland As we crossed the Mozambique border into Swaziland, the landscape turned to rolling verdant hills and lush valleys, dotted with small communities and subsistence farmers. We drove approximately 1.5 hours on excellent roads into the central west area into the Mhilane National Park. We checked into the park's rest ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/frednlisa/swaziland-n-lesotho.html From Kruger National Park, Fred and I drove into Mozambique and passed through a very hectic immigration and customs border crossing. We then drove north two hours and pulled into Casa Lisa Lodge for the night. The next morning, we drove to Tofo (near Inhambane) where we have spent most ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/frednlisa/mozzies-malaria-n-mozambique.html Kruger National Park . . . Shocking! From Maun, Botswana, we drove a long 10 hours skirting the semi-arid Kalahari desert, over the Botswana/South Africa border at Martin's Drift, to a village called “Allways”. There, we found a quaint, 10-hut lodge called “Motopi” where we were relieved to find a hut ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/frednlisa/kruger-national-park-shocking.html After entering Botswana, we drove to the town of Kasane located on the banks of the Chobe River. We found the lovely, Water Lily Lodge (private bath, tv, air con, balcony overlooking the pool and river, $85 US/night) and were relieved to get their last room. After checking in, our ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/frednlisa/baking-in-botswana.html Happy New Year! Fred and I left Etosha National Park and drove 6.5 hours north-east to Rundu, Namibia. The scenery was fantastic as we passed small farming villages, oxen pulling plows, and women and children gathered around pumps awaiting their turn to fill their container with water (I should have brought ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/frednlisa/happy-new-year-from-vic-falls.html EXCERPTS FROM THE NAMIBIA SUN -- DECEMBER 24, 2008 as reported by Fred: I thought you might find the following excerpts interesting. TWO SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS FOR RAPE The front page headlined the sentencing of two rapists to 30 years in prison. It seems that the two men, age 23 and ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/frednlisa/namibian-news.html From the Ombinda Lodge in Outjo, we drove north towards Namibia's grandest park, Etosha. Also called the “Great White Place of Dry Water”, it is 23, 175 sq km and is filled with some of the most impressive flora and fauna of any place in all of Africa. Etosha protects ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/frednlisa/etosha-national-park.html We had a very early morning, December 24th, as we were awoken at 5 a.m for our 4 x 4 tour to the famous sand dunes of Sossusvlei. We were accompanied by another couple from Austria who were as happy to be away from a northern hemisphere Christmas as we ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/frednlisa/climbing-big-daddy.html From the town of Keetmanshoop, we headed in the direction of Maltahohe to the heart of the Namibian ranching community in hopes of staying at the Daweb Guest Farm – a working cattle ranch. While enroute, we stopped at the Quivertree Rest Camp to see Namibia's largest stand of kokerboom ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/frednlisa/galloping-into-the-sunset.html