Friday 12 June 2015 Halali

We decide to have a rest day today. I get up first and out of the corner of my eye spot a ‘dog’ darting past the window.  Of course it was not a dog but a honey badger. I dash out with my camera but the light is still not good enough.  The badger is having fun.  He rolls and does head-over-heals and darts about doing his morning exercise.  I watch in fascination and then he runs toward the exit gate having had enough fun scavenging in the bins of Halali for one night!

Our chalet attendant is comes early and lets me take a photo.

Breakfast is first on our Agenda and after that we head out for our morning drive.

It is very dry in Etosha at present, yet there is plenty of game about in the form of giraffe, zebra, elephant, springbok, impala, gemsbok and kudu.

We are also see the Northern Black Korhaan.

In the afternoon we spend some time at the pool.  Earl has a nap but Erich, Wendy and I order a take away lunch – chicken patty, salad and chips.  It takes an hour before it is delivered to us but it is really good. Before Erich arrives at the pool Wendy and I try to move a lounge into the shade but they are rather heavy.  A young man comes over to offer help – I am convinced that Wendy and I haven’t lost our charm but she says – It’s because we remind him of his granny and he couldn’t let his granny do it on her own.

Oh well!   Anyway there are two of these young men and they introduce themselves and chat to us – One is German the other Chilean.  Later an Alaskan joins them and it is fun learning that they’d met each other in Windhoek and are now travelling together.  The young Chilean is an airline pilot who has taken a year off to travel.  The German is a musician and the Alaskan has some sort of trade and is working his way around the world.

After our swim and lunch, Earl wakes up and joins us for a bit at the pool.  We then go to the waterhole and after enjoying that for a bit we go back to the chalet to braai.

In the evening we enjoy a braai at our chalet