Wednesday, August 8, 2007

ZimZam, Jump and say Goodbye, Reunited and it Feels So Good

Hey All,
David and Jeffrey here....
So we just got back from a very long trip that started right here. Weve been gone for about 3 weeks and I know your all wondering about us...
From Joburg we had an 11 day trip that ended up in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. After that we chilled for a few days in Vic falls then went on a 3 day Safari in Hwange NP in Zim, then we came back to Vic falls, crossed the border into Zambia, where we left on a 7 day trip that brought us down through Botswana then back to SA here in JoBurg.
Theres is so much to tell all of you but were gonna hit the highlights of each trip for now.
11 days in Zim, the best part of this trip was our group we were with. There was a total of 9 of us on a big overland truck so plenty of space. We met 3 great Ausis and 3 great Brits (and the coolest Brit in the world who goes by the name Maggie the Raver). We had a blast. We saw the big 5 together, we all went rafting down the Zambezi river, went Bunji jumping over Vic falls, spent my B-day walking around ruins and hanging w/ lions (and drinking and playing music). It was so great! We missed all of them straight away. ( Jeff cried horribly that night)
Hwange trip was great cause there was only 6 of us, and we saw more elephants than Jeff could shake a stick at, and 2 cheetahs which was a first for us in the wild. It was a good time.
As we crossed into Zam we got teamed with another great group and even better we were reunited with our mentor Edd (Capn. Jack Sparrow). Jeff cried again, but tears of joy this time. We were so stoked to have him back. He lead us into the Okavango delta on lil dug out canoes, mokoros, and we gave birth to legless salamanders in a hole for 3 days! We saw a ton of wildlife and took a plane ride over the delta. Its unimaginable to imagine being in the delta. (thanks W.)
So guys we left out tons of details which we will feel in when we get home or to a place that we dont pay to use the net.
Tomorrow we are gonna try to get visas to go into Mozambique, if sucessful we will be there at the beach for a few days then back to JoBurg to fly home in about a week.
We miss you all and we will see you soon.
Brown Brothers Out!
A big shout out to all our new Africa friends that are starting to read the blog!