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Ben and his first date in Cape Town, Africa

Left to Right: Brad, News, Ben, J.B. and Milton (guys that we do business with)



In Victoria Falls Safari Lodge looking out at the watering hole.  At this watering hole, the day after we departed, a black guide gave up his life to save a white woman from an elephants charge.  Many of our friends attended his funeral.  Many people viewed this horrible incident from the resturaunt.



Our friends News and two kids at the local bottle shop.

Hazel and Linda Sibindi, children of our good friend Freedom.  They were at the pizza party we held an News Moyo's house.

New school buildings near Victoria Falls.  Built with a lot of American money and managed by the Seventh Day Adventists.  There are several buildings already erected and they are awaiting insulation and sheetrock. 

This hippo was resting after a laborious climb from the Chobe River.

Mary Kay and Brad playing Gin at the Chobe Game Lodge.

Pizza Party at News Moyo's house.  He is constantly harrassed by the elephants.  They eat his garden and come very close to his house, which is the cinderblock wall which is made of cinderblock as you can see on the right hand side.

Relatively tame warthogs all over the grounds of the Chobe Lodge.  The lodge never has to mow the lawn as the warthogs take care of that daily.

A Nile Crocodile entering the Chobe River. 

Elephants at the Chobe for their evening drink and bath.

Relaxing cruise on the Chobe River.

Roughing it for dinner at our lodge in Botswana.  Note the candlelabra.

The Namibia Conservation Department Office where we purchased a fishing license to fish the Chobe River on the Namibian side.

Ben and our guide, Walter, fishing for Tiger fish.

A magnificent bull kudu.

A male Cape Buffalo browsing in the bush.  We were very close for this photo, which is not a good idea.

Relaxing for the upcoming ride back to Zimbabwe.

Our swimming pool area at the A'Zambezi Lodge in Zimbabwe.  This lodge has been completely remodeled and opened on May 18th.  It is right on the Zambezi River.

This baboon was in our room and Mary Kay did not notice it until it didn't answer to Tom.

A fabulous stone sculpture of the mighty Fish Eagle.

Huge wood sculpture of some of the local animals.  They are made of ironwood and weigh up to 550 pounds.

The four of us at Victoria Falls.